Some countries have government task forces to crack down on drugs, while Bali has a government task force to crack down on… influencers. In fairness, this is a bit nuanced, but I imagine some people will feel a sense of schadenfreude.
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Task force rounds up Bali influencers, detains and deports them
When you travel to another country, a visa may sometimes be required. The type of visa you need depends on the purpose of your trip, with many countries issuing tourist visas, work visas, etc.
The issue is, that line has been blurred a lot over the years, with the increase of remote work. Do you only need a work visa if you’re actually being paid locally? Or what about if you’re using your trip to a country to generate revenue in some way?
Well, this is something that authorities in Bali are cracking down on, as Bali has become influencer central over the years. Indonesian immigration authorities have drawn a hard line when it comes to what constitutes work, and it covers just about everything that influencers do.
The idea is that if you take part in any brand collaborations, post sponsored social media posts, participate in photography assignments, or even have a deal where you get free accommodation in exchange for content, that requires a work visa now. Even unpaid promotional photo shoots intended to increase an influencer’s portfolio are considered commercial activity, which requires a work permit or remote worker visa.
Essentially anything that creates economic value requires a work visa. In the past, many influencers thought that as long as they’re not being directly paid money locally, that doesn’t constitute work. But regulators have made it clear that even when money isn’t changing hands, economic value can still be created.
This isn’t just a theoretical law, but the Dharma Dewata Immigration Patrol Task Force was formed in April 2026, and is actively detaining and deporting people who violate the rules. They’re going around the areas popular with influencers, and even browsing social media content.
Within the first few weeks, 62 influencers were detained, and either fined, deported, or both. They’re also facing entry bans of multiple years.
People are divided, and this is a complex topic
As you’d expect, people have varying takes on this new policy. It’s hilarious to see the comments on social media posts — you have some self-important influencers up in arms, suggesting that such a policy will lead to Bali’s downfall, while you have others who are downright delighted.
In fairness to Bali, the government does make it relatively easy to get a remote work visa. It’s just more expensive, and ultimately it’s not unreasonable that the government would want to raise some more money from those who are generating revenue while in Bali, rather than those people spending their tourist dollars there.
At the same time, this isn’t always so straightforward, and I think many people genuinely don’t know what the rules are, since they differ so much between countries. Like, if you go somewhere and you’re being paid locally for your work there, that is without a doubt work, and it’s fair for them to crack down on that.
Let me even reflect on myself — I love flying airlines and staying at hotels, and I travel all over the globe reviewing those experiences. It’s not like I’m being paid locally, but I guess by Bali standards, they’d want me to get a work visa.
But I do think this is a slippery slope, when we’re talking about anything that generates economic value constituting work. For example, say you post on X a lot, and are in their creator revenue sharing program, where you get paid a percentage of ad revenue when people see your posts.
Say you usually post on X about politics, and you go to Bali to vacation. Then say you just post a picture of a pretty sunset, when this is otherwise in no way a business trip. Well, technically you’re generating economic value, right? So does that mean you should have to get a work visa?
Bottom line
Bali is known for being an incredibly beautiful destination… which also happens to be overrun by influencers. Bali’s government is fed up, and the issue isn’t the influencers as such, but the fact that they’re on the wrong types of visas.
However, the government is using a stricter definition than some other places when it comes to defining the type of activity that constitutes work. Bali has decided that any activity that generates economic value requires a work visa. Dozens of influencers have been detained and deported in recent weeks, and it looks like enforcement will only ramp up even more over time.
What do you make of Bali’s influencer crackdown?
No issues with this at all. Influencers are rarely a positive presence for other people that are there, so they cost everyone in terms of overall experience. It makes sense they'd pay extra for the privilege.
I found the statement that VISA requirements are not easy to find! WHAaaa???? these people are influencers they very well know how to use the internet!!! come on!!!
No sympathy here they are obnoxious
Countries are sovereign and can set their own rules. Don’t like the rule, don’t travel there.
You write this like Bali is it's own country. Indonesia makes it easy to get a remote work visa, not Bali. Indonesia as a whole is deporting influencers who cheat the system. Bali just has a greater proportion compared to the rest of Indonesia. Instead of "selling" influence try meeting regular Indonesians and get to know them. They are lovely caring people who would love to have WNA stay with them, laugh with them, and become friends with the.
Living there we see lots of people working on tourist visas. Influencers are annoying, especially when they expect freebies. Bottom line is Bali needs tax revenue and most locals dont earn enough to pay anything. So the gov is chasing bigger companies and rich foreigners. Good.
You should pay if you make money from anything in a country. This is a great law and should be passed everywhere.
I believe the quotes should be astound influencer and not around working. If a 25 year old “influencer” recommends a restaurant then I avoid that restaurant.
I know a time, where I travelled on a German passport visa free to all these destination, got stamped for 3 or 6 months and could come back for 3 or 6 months, how many times I wanted. My main destination was mostly Thailand for the last 50 years. In the 1980's some Thai goverment people wanted to have visitors who stayed over 180 days in the country to pay tax. The prime minister Chatichsi...
I know a time, where I travelled on a German passport visa free to all these destination, got stamped for 3 or 6 months and could come back for 3 or 6 months, how many times I wanted. My main destination was mostly Thailand for the last 50 years. In the 1980's some Thai goverment people wanted to have visitors who stayed over 180 days in the country to pay tax. The prime minister Chatichsi Choonhavan canceled this tax and said: "Foreigners leaving so much money in this country, that they don't need to pay any extra tax, because they pay 10%VAT already on everything they buy. Now all these places become a drag and staying in Spain or Italy makes much more sense.
What is the difference between a tourist and a work visa, a few bucks?
The key point omitted here is that it is the local business owners reporting the influencers.
I have a Balinese friend who owns a cafe in Canggu, and she gets 10 or more influencers a day offering her their "services". To her, it is a relentless and tiresome hassle. Even worse, sometimes they order and eat first, and then try to avoid paying.
What a stupid place to go to in the first place Indonesia Bali it’s so corrupt and misleading with their governments before you pick on the foreign tourist. The pour money into the country. What do they look at their own people when it comes to finances most of those people in Indonesia and Bali that accept FOS machines then accept cash and they only declare what they want to declare. Why can’t they go...
What a stupid place to go to in the first place Indonesia Bali it’s so corrupt and misleading with their governments before you pick on the foreign tourist. The pour money into the country. What do they look at their own people when it comes to finances most of those people in Indonesia and Bali that accept FOS machines then accept cash and they only declare what they want to declare. Why can’t they go around to shops and say how much did you make this last six months? I bet those people that take cash in the shops don’t pay any tax whatsoever. Look at your own people before you pick on foreigners stupid country to go to.
You couldn't pay me to go back. As a kid, I remember it being synonymous with paradise. Imagine my surprise to find a dysfunctional landfill, with governance on par with India or worse. They sicken the seas around them, as do the neighbor Islands to be fair.
The idea that any westerner is a bad actor in any of this is backhanded racism - as if the locals are savages without agency or awareness
I just came from Bali, it is overrated a waste of money, there is trash everywhere, beaches are full of thrash, it is congested, nusa penida, you cannot even go down to the beaches as it is very dangerous, and people are just taking selfies of themselves with the beaches from an up view no showing the filth
You sound like, just maybe, part of the problem.
Yes well said, I don't think people will miss these don't go to Bali influencers, truth be known,they have only been one time and know it all.
Ithink its fantastic 90 persent of them are full of shit
Good riddance to bad pestilence.
I'm not gay but $20 is $20.
Long overdue. Happy to travel to Indonesia again and give them my tourist dollars. More countries should do this.
Like so many other professions, there are awful representation and excellent representation of influencers working.
I had a really fun cocktail class at Ritz-Carlton Maldives chatting with a Russian influencer about cocktail bars around the world, while she was creating images for her account, I have been highly annoyed by a (I assume based on the language spoken as I did not talk to her) Chinese influencer at afternoon tea in Macao. So I subscribe...
Like so many other professions, there are awful representation and excellent representation of influencers working.
I had a really fun cocktail class at Ritz-Carlton Maldives chatting with a Russian influencer about cocktail bars around the world, while she was creating images for her account, I have been highly annoyed by a (I assume based on the language spoken as I did not talk to her) Chinese influencer at afternoon tea in Macao. So I subscribe to the point of evaluating everyone individually. As long as they respect their surroundings, I am happy for them to carry out their metier around me.
That being said, these are the rules for Indonesia/Bali, no point in getting upset about it. No point is arguing that it is difficult to know when you enter a country, you want to enter a country, study the visa rules and requirements, don't assume that it is just like anywhere else. If you ignore the rules, accept the consequences.
In your former neck of the woods, I ran into a young CPH flyer with over 5 million followers on each of Instagram and TikTok. He seemed pleasant enough to the kids and young adults interested in meeting and talking to him. The journalists may have been another story, but aren’t they often.
Bali is a disgusting disorganized mess. Massively overpopulated compared to the capacity of the infrastructure. Filthy beaches, waterways clogged with plastic trash, coastal waters thick with fecal coliform.
Complain about westerners playing loosy-goosey with Visa rules all you want, the Indonesian government and local authorities in Bali, absolutely exploit the island to breaking point and do very little in return
Don't go. But first, sthu.
Entitled brat.
They don't think it be like it is, but it do
You sound like part of the trash?
Having visited Bali many times I agree with the new government rules. It is a beautiful place and frankly everything on the island is reasonably priced. It is not fair that influencers take advantage and the Balinese people do not directly profit from them.
I hate influencers as much as the next guy, but this seems like a particularly arbitrary line being drawn.
at least Indonesia is clear about what constitutes work. And as an influencer or content creator who earns money for this, they have to study the laws and regulations of the place they work at, isn't that a normal thing? Any corporate travel requires clearance on these things so if one is self-employed they need to do it on their own. Or else, get fined or deported, that seems reasonable. Now the rules for the...
at least Indonesia is clear about what constitutes work. And as an influencer or content creator who earns money for this, they have to study the laws and regulations of the place they work at, isn't that a normal thing? Any corporate travel requires clearance on these things so if one is self-employed they need to do it on their own. Or else, get fined or deported, that seems reasonable. Now the rules for the US is a lot more nuanced because of the tax implications. I believe the US tax law would apply more or less similarly to these people and I think the enforcement is on the way.
My perspective on your question of posting a picture: if your posting it on one of your personal pages it's perfectly fine. On the other hand, if your posting it on your blog, site or Instagram feed that earns you money, it's part of your image, so yes it is work.
Yes!!! So tired of these idiot influencers who are so clueless, brainless, and so full of themselves. I for one, love this idea!
Sorry, Susan, they’re banning “Karens” too… except, over there, they call them “Susans.”
Thank goodness for the crackdown! Influencers are vultures and disrespectful. Seen them trample through rice ,fields, climb sacred trees, etc etc, the list just goes on and on. Most are incredibly rude to locals who object. Rules are rules and need policing so thumbs up to local authorities.
Bali is able to use the visa as a vaccine to control the influencers and content creators. This is potentially a helpful thing.
“You are prohibited from working by receiving compensation, wages, or any similar from individuals or companies in Indonesia.”
Anyone applying for a visa has accepted these terms. Also, all the influencers are poor and take up too much room at cafes :)
Very idiotic idea . Influencers normally promote areas of attraction. Detaining the tourists is nothing less than an insult.
Bali doesn't need more promotion—it needs fewer influencers filming themselves breaking laws and chasing clout. These mindless social media stunts only encourage bad behavior. By curbing the online antics, we can hopefully discourage the type of tourists who only travel to mimic them, and instead welcome those who actually want to respect and experience Bali's culture, people, and landscapes.
Tourists are not being detained. Economic migrants without proper paperwork are. If you're truly coming as a tourist, you won't have any issues.
@samo
Is this about ICE in US
It's a slippery slope and not a good outcome- there's lots of forms of remote work that are one tiny iteration away from what's being regulated here.
Eg, answering work emails when you travel - does it matter who the employer is? if you're self-employed?
How about doing your photoshop photo edits? Researching for a project? Taking professional quality non-commercial photos? Putting together video footage for fun? Doing your training classes?
All of...
It's a slippery slope and not a good outcome- there's lots of forms of remote work that are one tiny iteration away from what's being regulated here.
Eg, answering work emails when you travel - does it matter who the employer is? if you're self-employed?
How about doing your photoshop photo edits? Researching for a project? Taking professional quality non-commercial photos? Putting together video footage for fun? Doing your training classes?
All of these things are pretty common.
And all would cross the lines described in this article. Folks who travel completely disconnected from any kind of work are not the majority now, I think. I'm all for making sure people who live somewhere specifically to work do get the correct visa for the purpose, but "Ben reviewed a hotel, he must be breaking the rules!!" is both absurd and self-defeating.
Voting for a person who controls nuclear weapons and other WMDs who can declare war every 60 days happening on a Tuesday that fewer people vote because they still had to go to work "is both absurd and self-defeating"
And having to choose between a senile grandfather or a penile grandf-ker "is both absurd and self-defeating"
Influencers are scum who cares about their opinions only morons that don't have their own u tuber used to be okay now it just 1 influencer after another
I hope they kick all the influencers out by tomorrow! Then the next country can start deporting them.....influencers are worthless.
Get rid of the influencers and perhaps everyone else will enjoy much better trips.
Could we just deport all our influencers as well?
There is always more to discover in Dominican Republic travel. What part of the island have you not yet explored?
This is a good thing. Bali has been absolutely destroyed by over tourism, from development of natural spaces to lack of waste removal services to beaches filled with plastic. Anything to raise revenue for locals and prevent further low quality tourism from influencers is a win.
Bali, a plastic bag ridden toxic dump, sea of poison. Locals were better off and happier without tourists pumped full of ink and botox without shirts, drunk or high, sticking godamm cameras in every face with that annoying "peace" sign. Wish they'd all f off back to their western shiteholes. They're all haggling over pennies and buying junk doing nothing for the economy. Let the Balinese have their once lovely islands back. I went and...
Bali, a plastic bag ridden toxic dump, sea of poison. Locals were better off and happier without tourists pumped full of ink and botox without shirts, drunk or high, sticking godamm cameras in every face with that annoying "peace" sign. Wish they'd all f off back to their western shiteholes. They're all haggling over pennies and buying junk doing nothing for the economy. Let the Balinese have their once lovely islands back. I went and lived there 2002 for 18 months then again later, tragic, traffic jams, dreadful loud millenials. Never again. Rubbish everywhere, idiots on scooters that can't ride. Should enforce mandatory Medical Insurance abd bank checks.
It looks like every other Low Life from India has become an "Influencer" Just log in to Instagram or TikTok. Many had never stepped out of their Homes Before.
Bali n thailand attractive similar types. Both jurisdictions need to stop glorifying the "digital nomad" nonesense and clarify the rules of engagement and even create specific DTAC .
Creators are becoming a pest.
To be fair, it's a bit too much, those influencers aren't really working in the traditional way imo. It's more like little gigs here and there. And the fact that this might scare some influencers to come and post content while in Bali, I still doubt this will affect tourism in Bali in a big way. But yeah, it be a way to tell them to get the Digital Nomad vVisa instead of a tourist Visa.
Bali depends 100% on tourism revenue, but also hates tourists. There are a lot of other places in the world to visit, and it's honestly played out.
Well said. The Balinese arexawesome and tourism realky doesn't fitvwithvtheir beliefs. They are not Muslim money grabbersvor scammers, Muslims are on Java. Their politicians are 99% crooks
Bali doesn't "hate" tourism, it hates badly behaved tourists who treat the place and its people with disrespect. As we are all aware, influencers all to frequently behave badly, so they're a natural target.
Hates tourists? Exactly what do you base this on? I've visited lots of places that actually do hate tourists - like Nassau in The Bahamas - but in many years of visiting Bali I have yet to see that. Please provide some facts.
Nassau Hates tourists?
You're just as ignorant as TProphet.
And you probably only went to Nassau on a cruise ship.
I've visited lots of places that actually do hate tourists - like some places in Japan - but in many years of visiting Bahamas I have yet to see that. Please provide some facts.
Japan hates tourists? Exactly what do you base this on? I've visited lots of places that actually do hate tourists - like New York - but in many years of visiting Japan I have yet to see that. Please provide some facts.
;-)
Given that the US has detained and deported people who are house sitting for "working", yeah, I get it.
You want to do something that constitutes work in the country's definition of work? Get a work visa.
I guess every city, state, airline, restaurant etc should demand a cut of money an influencer generates. Does onemileatatime need to pay money to states, cities, airlines, hotels, etc? That would be stupid. I guess most people agreeing with Bali have to agree with my observation. Proof more and more Americans are just stupid.
Bali is ridiculous. Influencers provide free advertising. People visit because of what those influencers produce. Just stupid.
(Agreed. However, it’s clearly not a popular opinion to have in this thread. I’m not an ‘influencer.’ I’ve been to Bali several times. Other tourists didn’t ruin much. It’d be like getting upset that folks do the Leaning Tower picture in Pisa… it’s gonna happen, regardless.)
Get rid of the influences and get a real job. Taking pics of yourself at tourist spots and ruining the place. Look at me look at me!! Why do you want to tell everyone if you find a beautiful place in Indonesia. So you can ruin it with tourism and rubbish and take away the natural beauty that was once there.
Shortly before Covid there was a spell of spicy content creators being refused entry to Europe when headed to film.
They were all over socials whining, but these were the same folks who also say “s*x work is work”. Then honey, you need working papers!
Good. "Influencers" are about as useful as a thrombosed hemorrhoid and should be excised in like fashion. They bring little to nothing to the table and their "followers" are equally bereft of intelligence. RIP.
A bit crudely stated but I don't disagree.
Oh that's a shame. Moving on...
Makes sense. You're making money from selling a product. In this case the product is Bali. So why shouldn't Bali get their cut.
If you're selling photos of Beyonce as your business I'm pretty sure sooner or later Beyoncé is coming for you.
The new rules are actually quite clear - if you're doing promotional work, creating sponsored content, doing brand collaborations, call it what you will, you need a work permit. This also applies to unpaid "barter" transactions; ie, taking free accommodation in exchange for an Insta story. Whether this would effect bloggers writing trip reports and paying their own way is not entirely clear, although I'd venture to suggest that since the ultimate purpose is to...
The new rules are actually quite clear - if you're doing promotional work, creating sponsored content, doing brand collaborations, call it what you will, you need a work permit. This also applies to unpaid "barter" transactions; ie, taking free accommodation in exchange for an Insta story. Whether this would effect bloggers writing trip reports and paying their own way is not entirely clear, although I'd venture to suggest that since the ultimate purpose is to make money I'd probably ask before I set off on my trip. The Dharma Dewata Immigration Patrol Task Force keeps an eye on social media posts and patrols tourist hot-spots, so they'll be on to miscreants.
They should just order one hit from a rattan cane. They would allow influencers to decide for themselves if it's worth it.
But doesn't Bali get economic advantage in the form of free advertising which ultimately benefits their tourist industry?
I'm not sure why they would want to discourage this. I get the animosity these influencers generate, but isn't Bali biting the hand that feeds them?
Bali doesn’t need “free” advertising from influencers, everyone on earth already knows it’s a nice place to go
Bali doesn't need "free advertising" from any "influencer."
This is the dumbest take ever. Bali was a popular destination long before there were influencers.
In your example, would the sunset be eligible for any creator fund values? If so then yes I think you should require a work permit for it and more importantly pay the relevant local taxes
It's not that complicated, really! A sovereign country defines its laws and regardless of whether someone likes them are not they must be followed.
Besides, influencer culture is a scourge on society. I am glad they took a stance on that.
Maybe sone of these winners can create some content from an Indonesian jail??
Oh come on. This is obviously stupid. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean you have to support a punitive action. Businesses' on Bali thrive on going viral via some random tiktok influencers. And digital nomads contribute so much to the economy. It's self sabotage, nice work.
I don't see that this is a punitive action, particularly if they make the law well known and make it easy to get a work visa.
Yes but they won't. It's Indonesia.
Absolutely THE BEST NEWS that I’ve heard in 2026.
Please import it to the USA.
PLEASE!
It is genuinely hilarious to watch the "creator economy" collectively melt down because a sovereign nation expects them to follow basic tax and labor laws. If you fly to Indonesia to trade a TikTok vlog for a free villa, you aren't a tourist; you are an unregulated micro-business engaging in tax evasion. You know who actually understands how to generate "economic value" abroad? Delta Air Lines Diamond Medallions. They buy paid premium fares, fly to...
It is genuinely hilarious to watch the "creator economy" collectively melt down because a sovereign nation expects them to follow basic tax and labor laws. If you fly to Indonesia to trade a TikTok vlog for a free villa, you aren't a tourist; you are an unregulated micro-business engaging in tax evasion. You know who actually understands how to generate "economic value" abroad? Delta Air Lines Diamond Medallions. They buy paid premium fares, fly to a destination to execute actual corporate contracts, generate real GDP, and pay the appropriate local taxes. The influencers crying about this crackdown just hate being reminded that their entire business model is built on glorified digital begging. Bali is finally treating the disease. If you want to work, buy the correct visa. Otherwise, Delta is boarding Main Cabin 3 for your flight home.
Finally, someone who gets the story.
Wait, isn't NickW just Tim Dunn's fake-alias?
1990, please be advised that NickW could never be a Walter Mitty Dunn fake-alias. NickW, can actually string words together to make a readable sentence and he starts a sentence with a capital letter.
I agree with you except for the Delta crap.
All nations have a right to make idiotic rules. That includes Bali and America with Mr Orange at the helm.
Don’t most of these type of international business visitors just gather content during their visit to produce and upload later with income usually taxable in their primary home jurisdiction? A visiting foreign salesman on a supplier-paid jaunt isn’t all that commonly subject to income tax for the prospective supplier-covered trip.
The problem is a more fundamental one: Countries are drawing the line between business and work differently. For instance the US have two status under ESTA: WT = tourism and WB = business. Business is not a work visa, i.e., you are not allowed to seek employement, become resident etc. If you want to seek work, you need a work visa (e.g., H1B), WB is not enough.
In some countries, including Indonesia, it is not so clear ...
I think it's pretty clear.
Don't mistake lack of enforcement as lack of clarity.
This is actually appropriate. Good for them.
What a brilliant idea. If nothing else this will keep the influencers from being quite so obnoxious. I spend a week there every year and it has gotten exponentially worse the last 2-3 years.
Forget deportation. I want them to bring in the guys from Aceh to do a little Aceh justice, public (and publicly broadcast) caning.
This isn't a complex topic and the lines aren't being blurred. If your stay extends beyond 30 days, you ain't a tourist anymore.
What a dumb and ignorant comment.
I imagine many influencers don't stay that long.
Was on a run and ran into an influencer with over 5 million followers on Instagram, over 5 million on TikTok and over 2 million on Twitch. All the kids and some young adults seemed to know him for that. I’ll likely run into him again on the CPH-LAX route, as he seems to bounce around a lot.
This isn't a complex topic and the lines aren't being blurred. If your stay extends beyond 30 days, you ain't a tourist anymore.
What a dumb and ignorant comment.
This is awesome. Also, Bali the country? Love it.
It's a province of Indonesia, and it's the Indonesian government in Jakarta that controls immigration policy.
Hi Ben.
The entire post is bizarrely written, given that Bali isn't a country and doesn't make immigration policy. Only a sovereign government (in this case, Indonesia) can make immigration policy. For example you write "Bali has decided that any activity that generates economic value requires a work visa" and you also write "Some countries have government task forces to crack down on drugs, while Bali has a government task force to crack down on… influencers."
You do have reading issues.
Let me dumb down this for you.
Cabin crew have decided a person high on caffeine is a threat and requires a diversion.
Some cabin crew decides to go on power trips to crack down on influencers.
Given that Cabin crew isn't FAA or Ed Bastian and doesn't make airline policy.
Eskimo ... Excellent metaphors .
Their country, their laws. Don't like their laws, don't go there.
Also, as someone who's easily annoyed by people taking their time getting that perfect selfie or waterfall shot ....I support this idea.
James seems like a lot of fun…
I don't think the rules, as reported, are blurry at all when it comes to your work, Ben. If you visit Bali as part of a trip that you later write about it sounds like they expect you to have entered on a work visa.
lol ben i dont think people are going to be divided on this, i cant imagine people being on the side of influencers
now this is a crackdown on immigration i can get behind!!! woohoo! get them all out
These influencers like to pretend they can avoid local income tax.
When is your next trip to Indonesia, and how will you go about handling the issue of your trip reports being work?
(Sounds like Ben’s gonna get deported…)
Sounds like neither of you understand what's happening.
Sounds like you're taking this very seriously.
Credit card influencer
Hopefully via Cairo Airport ;)
He'll get a remote work Visa if I had to guess? They're not difficult to obtain
Is this just Bali or all of Indonesia?
It's just Bali (at least for now), because it's become more like Daytona Beach than anything else in the last 25 years.
Bali also has a certain amount of autonomy while sitting in the Indonesian archipelago, and Denpasar has struggled for years to find ways of keeping tourists in line behaviorally while not killing the golden goose of visitors.
I think it does apply to all of Indonesia and since the Dharma Dewata Patrol Task Force is in Bali it's kind of most popularized in Bali, right?
Bahaha!! Both do have the humidity and drunks…
I wish more countries would do this. So many of these influences and digital nomads think they are allowed to travel whereever they want and work in whatever country they want without understanding that they are very likely flaunting the immigration rules of their host countries. I believe the USA denied entry to a couple of German tourists last year for this very reason.
"...they are very likely *flaunting* the immigration rules..."
"Flouting," not flaunting.
You're welcome.
Cheers Willy!
Maybe they're 'flaunting' the observation that they're 'flouting' !
...lol
Willy, has it never occurred to that there is a possibility that TrumpGambit, is a fellow dyslexia sufferer too?
Don’t mock the afflicted, yes?
I kind of love this
Me too! People should also have authorization to create content with commercial purposes while onboard or at lounges, etc.