Bali’s governor says tourists are not at risk from Indonesia’s new laws

The governor said that the provisions of the Criminal Code on this issue have been changed from an earlier strict version, so “will provide better guarantees of privacy and comfort of all.”

The government of Bali will ensure that “there will be no check of marital status upon check-in at any tourist accommodation such as hotels, villas, apartments, guest houses, lodges and spas,” Wayan said.

Wynn also denied “fraudulent” reports of cancellations of flights and hotel room bookings, adding data from travel agents, tour and accommodation operators, as well as airlines, about people scheduled to visit Bali from December 2022. Showed the number of March 2023 was extended.

Bali is the epicenter of tourism in Indonesia and the tourism association is targeting foreign arrivals to the mainly Hindu island to reach pre-pandemic levels of six million a year by 2025.

Decades in the making, legislators hailed the passage of the criminal code as a much-needed overhaul of a relic of Dutch colonial rule. Officials say the aim is to uphold “Indonesian values” in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.

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