Visitors to Bali will not be put at risk by Indonesia's newly ratified criminal code, the island's governor said, dismissing concerns that revised laws which include articles criminalizing sex outside marriage may scare away tourists from its shores.
Vendors set up seating for tourists at Kuta beach on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on October 4, 2021. Bali Governor Wayan Koster says visitors to Bali will not be put at risk by the country's newly ratified criminal code. Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/File photo
Those who "visit or live in Bali would not need to worry with regard to the entry into force of the Indonesian Criminal Code," he said. Wayan also denied what he said were "hoax" reports of cancellations of flights and hotel room bookings, adding that data from travel agents, tour and accommodation operators, as well as airlines, showed the number of people set to visit Bali from December 2022 to March 2023 had increased.
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