Yes, partially, and now officially. KEK Sanur was formally inaugurated by President Prabowo Subianto on 25 June 2025, and its anchor facility, Bali International Hospital (BIH), had already begun receiving patients on 14 April 2025. The zone is operating in phases: the hospital is open and expanding services, the hospitality and convention assets are trading, and several commercial parcels are still under development. “Inaugurated” is not the same as “fully built out.”
A special economic zone never has a single switch-on date. KEK Sanur’s legal status dates to 2022, construction ran through 2024, patients arrived in April 2025, and the ribbon was cut in June 2025, with projections for the zone running to 2045. If you are investing here, in property, clinics, hospitality, or a supporting business, the real question is not “is it open?” but which functions are live and what that means for entry timing.
The legal foundation: Government Regulation 41/2022
KEK Sanur was established by Government Regulation No. 41 of 2022 (PP 41/2022), designating roughly 41 hectares of the former Grand Inna Bali Beach complex in Sanur, Denpasar, as Indonesia’s first special economic zone themed on healthcare and medical tourism. The developer is PT Hotel Indonesia Natour, part of the state-owned InJourney group.
Legal designation is stage one of an SEZ’s life, not the finish line. After the regulation comes infrastructure, then anchor tenants, then licensing of each business inside the zone, and only then live services. That is why headlines about KEK Sanur have alternated between “launched” and “delayed” since 2022; both were true, about different layers of the project.
Verified timeline: 2022 to mid-2026
| Period | Milestone |
|---|---|
| July 2022 | PP 41/2022 signed, establishing the health-focused special economic zone |
| December 2022 | BIH groundbreaking, attended by then-President Joko Widodo |
| 2023 | IHC (Pertamedika) announces clinical collaboration with Mayo Clinic |
| 2024 | Original Q1-2024 hospital target passes; hotel and convention facilities open progressively |
| 14 April 2025 | BIH begins operating with check-up and emergency services |
| 25 June 2025 | Prabowo officially inaugurates KEK Sanur and BIH (State Secretariat announcement) |
| 2025-2026 | Phased clinical ramp-up; continued buildout of remaining parcels |
Why the target moved from Q1 2024 to Q1 2025
Officials initially signalled an early-2024 opening. That slipped to Q1 2025, with patient services beginning in April 2025, for reasons normal at this scale. BIH is a reported 67,465-square-metre facility with 255 beds, among the larger single hospital builds in Indonesia, and fitting out imported equipment adds quarters to a schedule. Licensing, accreditation, specialist recruitment under the new foreign-doctor framework, and aligning to the Mayo Clinic advisory collaboration all added lead time. A twelve-to-fifteen-month slip on a first-of-its-kind hospital is normal, not a distress signal, and it is why we treat every milestone here as a planning range, not a promise.
What is operating in mid-2026, and what is not
- Operating: BIH is open, with flagship services in cardiology, oncology, neurology, gastroenterology, and orthopedics; the renovated hotel and convention facilities are trading.
- Ramping: Clinical coverage and patient volumes. Numbers at inauguration were modest, which is normal for a new hospital; building specialist rosters, referrals, and international patient flow is a multi-year process.
- Still in development: Remaining commercial parcels, clinics, and retail tenants; the masterplan contemplates considerably more than what stands today.
Parcel and tenant status changes quarter to quarter, and public reporting lags reality. Anything you read, including this article, should be re-verified before you commit capital.
Why a phased ramp-up is the right planning assumption
Hospitals everywhere open in phases: outpatient and diagnostics first, then progressively more complex procedures as staff, accreditation, and case volumes build. Medical tourism demand is reputation-driven and moves slowly, since patients cross borders for institutions with track records built over years. The government’s own projections reflect this: by 2045 the zone is projected to create over 18,000 jobs and retain tens of trillions of rupiah in healthcare spending that now flows abroad, with roughly two million Indonesians travelling overseas for treatment yearly. Those are two-decade curves and targets, not ribbon-cutting outcomes or guarantees.
For an investor, this cuts both ways: entering before the zone matures can mean better pricing than waiting for proof, but any revenue assumption tied to a “fully operational” KEK Sanur must be pushed out and stress-tested. We suggest modelling conservative, base, and upside scenarios keyed to hospital-volume milestones, not announcement dates. Our market overview of the Sanur SEZ corridor covers demand, supply, and current price ranges.
How to verify the status yourself
Start with primary sources: the PP 41/2022 text, State Secretariat statements, SEZ Council announcements, and the developer’s own updates. Then reconcile the paper record with the ground truth, since the gap between the two is where planning errors happen. Walking the zone tells you in an afternoon what press releases cannot: which buildings are staffed and where construction actually stands.
That second step is the one we handle directly. As a curation and advisory desk, we arrange investor site visits around KEK Sanur through our group’s local operators, so you can benchmark the official timeline against what you see. If you want the current status before you model anything, message us on WhatsApp at +62 811-3941-4563 or email bd@juaraholding.com and we will set up a visit around your dates.
This guide is general information, not financial or legal advice. Verify current regulations with licensed advisors.