Bali 5 Tabanan Regency

Tabanan is one of the regencies in Bali.  Relatively underdeveloped (compared with Badung and Denpasar to the east), Tabanan Regency has an area of 839.33 km2 and had a population of 386,850 in 2000, rising to 420,913 in 2010, then 461,630 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 469,340. Its regency seat is the town of Tabanan. One of the popular tourism attractions located in Tabanan is the offshore rocky islet of Tanah Lot.

To preserve the largest area of 53,000 hectares of agriculture fields on the island, the Tabanan Regency Administration would not allow the development of star-rated city hotels anymore, unless tourism facilities with a commitment to environmental conservation would be allowed with 30 percent of buildings and 70 percent had to be left naturally as paddy field or plantation. The administration has also decided 300-hectare protected paddy field zone with a 100-hectare housing zone lies outside the protected zone. For visitors, it is possible to visit the 300-hectare on foot (about 31⁄2 hours trekking) or with an e-bike tour that the local villagers have organized since 2017 (about 1 hour).