The authorities of the famous holiday hotspot in Indonesia have once again spoken out and urged tourists to show respect or face getting kicked out of the country.
Bali authorities have warned disrespectful holidaymakers that desecrating sacred places such as temples will be punished by eviction from the island or the country.
The warning follows shortly after a couple shared a video of them splashing holy water on each other’s bums right in front of a sacred temple.
“In the future, if there are tourists behaving like that we should just send them home, they are being disorderly coming to Bali. We will give them this warning,” Governor Wayan Koster said.
“There needs to be more order, from the services and facilities at tourist attractions, as well as the ethics of tourists. We will give a standard for guidance.”
Besides the couple who recently dishonored common sense, dozens of other Instagram influencers have gone viral after posing near-naked in front of holy sites in Bali.
Urging local tourist agencies as well as the people to act in the best interest of their home, the governor added:
“They shouldn’t think merely on the basis of income, and then allow tourists to engage in disrespectful behavior.”
As Ida Bagus Agung Partha Andyana of the Bali Tourism Board claimed, the majority of tourists engaged in disrespectful practices don’t understand local traditions and that what they’re doing is wrong.
“Most of them do disrespectful things in holy places because they do not know or understand the rules that apply here,” the board chief said.
“Sometimes, even guests who have been informed fail to understand or forget, so it’s better to inform them both orally and in writing.”
Following the recent incident, Sabina Dolezalova and Zdenek Slouka, the couple who splashed holy water on each other’s backsides, have spoken out and apologized for their actions.
“We are so sorry about the video from yesterday. We dishonored the holy temple and the holy water in Ubud. We didn’t know it [was holy] and we are so sorry about what happened,” Slouka wrote.
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