Bali's Love-Hate Relationship With Tourism On Indonesian Island Paradise | Insight | Full Episode

I am from Jakarta, Indonesia went visiting Bali since 1985 for many years ( dont lived in Indonesia anymore)
Bali so beautiful and I love the place and the people over there and the food.
I went back to Bali not long ago about 3 weeks ago, traffic about the same but wasn't too bad, wasn't tourist season.
because more business places more people lives in Bali the road about the same size since 1980"s 
the food not the same taste like many years ago.
the problem about the rules in Bali the local not strict with the foreign with their rules, they already have ( not discipline )
thats way they dont follow the rules.
we took some picture at certain place need to cover our shoulder when women wearing sleeve less but the foreign didnt follow the rules and the worker not even ask them to cover it. I am the Indonesian following the rules when I was there.

Hi bapak2 dan Ibu2 yg kerja di Bali kalu mau bikin peraturan harus untuk semua yg kunjungin Bali jangan berlaku hanya buat orang2 tertentu aje.
you want Bali to improve to get better make the rules for everyone if they dont follow the rules dont let them enter the Temple.
so many people working there they dont do their job right.
keep Bali beautiful and dont let foreign ruin it.
they should have a law not to let foreign keep building Villas for their own interest and they kick farmers out of their land.

these developers want build things that foreigners enjoy doing in their own country but in Bali. This will lead to the gradual destruction of what makes Bali beautiful- which is its rich nature and flora. In the end once they are done destroying the nature, the culture, they will abandon it , leaving the island in ruins. This is truly sad. The ecosystem, is something you will not get back even after hundreds of years. The Indonesian government needs to ban these projects and declare this island as protected, if not its all going to be over in a few years.

it's overcrowded i live far from tourist spot,hotel,and villa yet i still see foreigner in daily lives .even they rent place in local area .not to mention the domestic tourist also decide to move and stay in here .in the past years i see so many shop,hotel,villa,cafe are pop up.traffic getting jam ever year. maybe i'll decide to move out near future if this getting out of control

Scammed overpriced over tourism prostitution with fake tourists attraction carved out from volcanic limestone to entice tourists.

I am very sorry the balinese people who had to struggle for earning money in times of Covid 19. But as an egoist i swear this had been the best nearly two years on Bali in my life.

Balinese "Tri Hita Karana" concept is only a tagline. Most of Balinese communities are not brave, strong or care enough to speak out loud to government about the tourism problem nor the destruction of the nature. Most are blind to the dollars as their new god. I as Balinese pretty sure this is the karmic result of our own mistake to worship another god that's called "Money".

Bali aman dan masi menjaga kelestarian budaya ribuan tahun , toleransi nya tinggi , tidak suka urus privasi orang. Tempat yang sangat nyaman untuk berlibur. Gak ada guna nya alam yang indah kayak daerah lain kalau banyak kriminal, pungli, intoleransi, kepo, iri dengki ke turis, rasis, dll

The white lady has the nerve to talk about preservation and respect. If she wants to preserve the culture, why marry a balanese man? She should have gone back to where she came from !! White privileged 🙄

The volcanoes ban never became a law so it was only a wish of mr. KOSTER

Where in the 21st century and still blaming tourists for rubbish ending up in the sea/side of roads. Maybe the government should take some responsibility and come up with systems to recycle and educate the locals. It’s not rocket science. There’s plenty of technology and ideas to deal with it, so not really an excuse.

Bali needs MRT, Subways and Bus to free the traffic jam problem. Any investment please contact the national agency for foreign investment in Indonesia

Indonesiams view westerners as little more than walking atms. In a country where the minimum.. Wage is around $200 usd per month the chance to scam or steal is rarely passed up. People need to see Bali and Indonesia for what it is, a total failure of a place run by criminals who are stealing like there is no tomorrow.

just dont go. vote with your wallets.

Very informative, thank yoy

I visit Bali about 5 to 7 times a years. I do not drink, smoke or take drugs , so Bali is not a party destination for me. for Bali is a place to try to relax. I truly dislike how people go t Bali just to party and make trouble, it's disrespectful. also what I do not like is in this doco, how it is put on the visiter that they are the ones putting rubbish everywhere. most western people ar taught to put thru rubbish in a bin and do so. I have explored that island so may times, I have been in places that tourist do not go to. from my experience the never ending sea of rubbish is from the local people. if you do the numbers, that island is turning over a massive amount of money. put services in place for the rubbish and stop blaming tourist. every country has tourism, and with it comes consumption.

Cant help but laugh at the fact they try to put blame on the tourist for the trash.

Secara keseluruhan bali membutuhkan infastruktur yg bagus kedisiplinan kebersihan pantai keamanan dan ketegasan pemerintah jgn sampai banyak turis malah makin semrawut dan utk para turis dari negara manapun hrs menghormati budaya setempat

I have lived here 12 years, and married to a local have no plans to move away.

There are so many issues that this film simply scratches. Padong Linjong, a road cutting through rice fields on the Canggu border was designated green belt land. Three years on it had restaurants on both sides of the road. Who has given that permission to do that? It was forbidden. I will let you specualte on how that happened.

I live in a village NW of Canggu. We now have a major road running through the village with traffic having increased 4 fold over the last 2 years. Vehcles drive faster and cause more environmental danage. My local shopkeeper will no longer let his children walk along the side of the road. Every spare bit of land has been bought and built upon with no checks as to the height or quality of those constructions. Land that was used for grazing cows or rice growing is now gone. The villagers have all given up part of their own land either side of that road to build food and retail units. This is no longer a village but a small town with a high street. The villagers do not yet realise the cost of what they have chosen.

We have huge amounts of waste being produced every day and I have seen no plan to deal with this. Traffic has doubled in quantity and what is the solution . . . an LRT? Name a tropical island that has an LRT? It's insane and I am unaware of any survey of the general public that has been done to inform this. No one can travel from the airport to where they need to be by LRT so what purpose does it serve? You will need a taxi or moped to continue your journey to your destination. That means the same amount of traffic on the roads and huge tracts of land set aside to serve as transport hubs for parking. Why would i travel 10 mins to an LRT station, where i need to park my bike for a fee in order to transport to the airport, instead of simply taking a 30 min journey directly to the airport and parking there. I do not save money and I do not save time to justify the choice.

Bali is heading for self destruction. One day, the expats will simply say I have had enough and go and live elsewhere. Some of my friends ahve already left for Malaysia and Thailand. There is nothing to tie this huge number of so called digital nomads to this island. People stay here because their quality of life is higher than back home but Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia offer the same. Ask any expat and they will tell you the COVID years were the best years for two decades. Quiet, minimal numbers of foreigners and empty roads.

Maybe the Central Governmnet in the past did create the possibilities, but the Balinese have jumped onboard. You have to choose what environmnet you want. The guy riding a bike on the beach does not need a warning. He knows it is wrong. Get him deported. All these peoprty owners without the proper right to build. Get them fined and deported and the properties knocked down. Bali has to choose what it wants the future to be and start making some tough choices now across the board.

Petrified wood sink and coffe table in bali

Tourism at its worst. The beaches are even not beautiful. Yakkkkk

They can’t have their cake and eat it too. They’ll leave you alone for a while if it gets too bad but otherwise can’t blame tourists for paying to pollute.

Balinese is ok... yet a selluot the the world old days r gone

This will be going to happen in siargao,philippines if they going to commercialised the place for foreigners

Australian tourist are the ones who are/ have ruined the island IMO.

BALI-KABUPATEN SERAYA TIMUR IS THE REAL HIDEN PARADISE IN BALI .PLEASE VISIT

Lucunya tau kan ini media dari Singapura dia ruh sirik liat negara kita maju tuh jadi pemberitaan nya gimna gitu padahal mah urus ajah negara kenapa jauh2 ke negara org yg di urus media media asing tuh hanya membuat kehancuran saja

Western degeneracy is cancer. Stop doing drugs, being promiscuous and walking around in skimpy clothing you godless animals!

I Visited Bali year 2008, and the island is magical. Hope to visit again❤

They're not charging foreigners enough for entry fees. Asking visitors for donations for land conservation can potentially yield much more than an entry fee

Plastic waste has nothing to do with tourism. From childhood westerners are trained to throw rubbish into dustbins. It is result of lack of culture among locals, of so-called "modernisasi": an agressive business/market policies which already destroyed Indonesian government's headquorters town (Jakarta) itself. Most polluted area of Indonesia, Jakarta, has almost zero tourists. Look river in Jakarta: there is more plastic waste and dirt than water. However, there are almost no tourists there, all pollution is done by locals only. Whenever possible, they throw bags of rubbish straight into river.

Sick of Indonesia as whole tbh

So the IQ of local Balinese was measured at 75 even lower than Indonesian average 78.

Forget bali. There are better, cleaner, cheaper, more beautiful, more serene, less traffic congestion, less touristy tropical islands in southeast Asia.

Well I write my view on my perception of Bali. I've been there 4 years ago just before the Covid-19 Lockdowns, the impressions and stories of Bali sounded amazing, that was like over 20 years I heard. The problems with Bali is the hopeless tourist System it has, the transport is horrendous, There's no local food, western food is expensive, the beaches are full of rubbish around the Kuta area, scam's are everywhere, many local's see you as a human ATM, you have to rent a dangerous motorbike as a solo traveller because the local's know the Infrastructure is stuffed. Bali is probably the 2nd most expensive destination in SE Asia before Singapore. Indonesia's government doesn't support the Balinese, because the majority of Indonesia is Muslim and Bali is Hindu, they see Bali as a tiny little island with people with a different religion, they could care less. Thailand's Tourist system is like 1000 times better. Why? because Thailand supports Thai's to take care of the country.

In visited Bali in 2016 and 2017, I have never seen these touristpolice at all, so its clear things are not going well, too many people visit Bali.
And lets not even start about the construction plague thats going on now. ( to be clear though I was never into going to the typical tourist places, thats one thing I really tried ignoring ).

Bali is the new India…
Get used to it.

Having been going to Bali for 25 yrs I really miss the old days when as a western Australian it used to be our little secret paradise. You would be hard to find an American or even Englishman. The tourism population as expanded from other countries ( thanks Julia Roberts) and as well as the latest generation coming through of age who have no respect and live thier live through instagram have ruined it sadly for me. I wish tourist would holiday closer to home. Let the poor Balinese island have a break .

Why am I not surprised that because of a small number of ( or even mainly just 1!!) corrupt, greedy, male politician leaders millions have to suffer, and several thousand yrs cultures die..

So typical.. selling the land to his f*** families and friends, selling out everything left to foregin billionaire businessmen.. then leaving nothing for the locals who work hard there and care about the land.
These people should be chased away by the entire village/city/country but instead… they rule eveywhere. When will “ordinary” people rise against these bad men?! When will ALL women rise against inequality?! I understand that corrupt governments threatens and really does punish any revolution but still.. it is crazy that all over the world corrupt greedy men lead.. unbelievable and sad

Muslim country, peasant tourists walking in vests or bikini's. Why don't you university , council house tourist please stop ruining paradise.

They should refuse entry to anyone carrying a yoga mat in his luggage. That would cut the tourist population in half.

Yes, but Balinese now have a lot more money in their pockets, live in a house with electricity, and plumbing instead of grass huts.

A program which aims to demonize western tourists that are not supporting culturally sensitive practices.

Think about a high tax for Bali visitors and it will help relocate tourists and develop other islands ❣️

Bali is not Muslim and have all services needed. That's why we all go there

Its called greed, every balinese wants a slice of the cake. The locals dont have enough thought process to spread the visitors elsewhere. Nor, as per usual do they reinvest the money into garbage management and infrastructure. Its the same in every third world place.

Bali dihancurkan oleh warganya sendiri.

Balinese greed is killing them. Limit number of tourists. Focus on intelligent, wealthier ones that go to 5* resorts in a USA Dua and Ubud. Why are you letting in millions of dodgy ones from developing countries? Your own fault. It is btw not British and American women starting a fight in a beauty salon - sorry - they are African.

Be a traveller not a Numpty

These tourists are like wild animals, driving around shirtless, drunk, hedonous, entitled, etc, with no respect for the Balinese culture. Do they really think they are so special? Such ugly tourists lacking spirituality. Deport them. 🤨

I’m Australian but spend a lot of time in Java with my Indonesian wife and family,I rarely see westerners even in the city which is great.
Personally I think as a visitor to this country respect is met with respect if you disrespect it’s people or culture you should be arrested,blacklisted and deported never ever to return,I love Indonesia unfortunately I can’t say the same for the country I live in.