Bali’s Government Won’t Tolerate Barcelona-Style Anti-Tourism On The Island

The latest anti-tourist protest in Barcelona has provoked unfavorable reactions as a group of demonstrators fired water pistols at visitors while asking them to “Go Home.”

Such behaviors were immediately rejected by both local authorities and tourism industry leaders, but the dust raised in the international media has not yet settled.

Earlier this year, Bali was named a new “overtourism hotspot in 2023” with 14.6 million international and domestic tourists, reported Seasia.news. 

Back in the day, the Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, expressed his concerns about the designation.

“Overtourism worries us because, in reality, the tourism numbers are still approximately 30 percent lower compared to

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