Some 340 foreigners were deported last year, a spike from 188 in 2022.
JAKARTA – Thinking of running an in-person workshop, organising an event or spending weeks working from a cafe during a Bali getaway? You risk being sent back home, as Indonesian authorities crack down on foreign visitors breaking immigration laws.
“Repeat offenders will be given sanctions and will not be allowed to visit Indonesia for several years.” In November 2023, a 30-year-old Chinese man was deported from Bali after authorities uncovered his covert travel agency operation and he had failed to produce proper documentation. Ms Megawati Soekarnoputri, former Indonesian president and chairwoman of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle recently criticised the way Bali is being run.
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