Russians make up just 2 per cent of tourists in Bali but account for more than one quarter of those deported this year for bad behaviour.
| Travellers to Bali would pay a “tourist tax”, likely to be between $US30 and $100, to help deter unwanted guests under a proposal being considered by the central government.
A Balinese family walk by a temple; authorities are cracking down on tourists who don’t respect religious and other sacred sites.Most who travel to Indonesia go to Bali, and the island holiday mecca is struggling to cope with increased numbers of long-staying tourists in self-imposed exile from the war in Europe.
Immigration officers on Monday arrested three Russian tourists who offended their hosts by dancing in inappropriate clothes at a temple in Karangasem Regency in east Bali.In the year to date, Bali has deported 101 foreigners, including 27 Russians, eight Britons, seven each from Nigeria and the United States and six Australians. Russian nationals are over-represented in the deportation figures, accounting for just 2.5 per cent of the 2.
A new tax of between $US30 and $US100 would help improve the quality of tourists coming to the island, according to the chairman of the Bali Tourism Board, Ida Bagus Agung Partha Adnyana.“Income from the tourism tax would help fund a range of measures - and prevent Bali from becoming known only as a cheap destination. Cheap destinations bring in cheap tourists who tend to cause a lot of problems,” said Gus Agung.
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