An Australian woman has warned fellow travellers to triple-check their passports before heading to Indonesia. Charlotte Rebecca from Melbourne was one week out from flying to Bali when she noticed a “slight” amount of water damage on the back of her passport. She got a new one before her lastContinue Reading
An Italian tourist has been deported and black-listed from Bali after security footage of a sexual act in front of a house in Seminyak was circulated on social media. Bali immigration officials this week confirmed the man, identified only by the initials LS, was deported on Sunday “based on aContinue Reading
Indonesian officials have cracked the whip yet again, this time issuing an official dos and don’ts list to control unruly tourists in Bali — and if they don’t abide, their visas could be cancelled. Bali Governor Wayan Koster has been extremely vocal this year with his frustration over foreigners behavingContinue Reading
In the last few months, the Indonesian government has cracked down on tourist behaviour, with its latest move another way to keep visitors from foreign countries – including Australia – in line. The popular island is now issuing a “guide book” with instructions on how to dress and act whileContinue Reading
An official at Bali Airport has been accused of extorting a tourist who took a photo on his phone of the queue at customs. The tourist from Taiwan had arrived in Bali for a holiday and allegedly took out his phone to capture the long wait to share with theContinue Reading
Bali is cracking down on tourists with its latest mission against foreigners who work illegally. In the last few months, the holiday hotspot has proposed a ban on tourists using motorbikes, called for a campaign to educate foreign guests amid unruly behaviour, talked about a tax on tourists – andContinue Reading
A real estate developer’s extravagant proposal plan was ruined when an immigration official in the Bahamas erroneously assumed his Moldovan model girlfriend, 25, and her sister, 36, were sex workers. Developer Hal “Nuby” Sears, from Miami, had intended to pop the question to girlfriend Darina Pînzaru during a planned nine-dayContinue Reading