Less than half of daily foreign visitors to Bali pay newly imposed tourist tax

Bali hopes to reap 250 billion rupiah from the levy in 2024, which it intends to use on the preservation of Bali’s nature and culture. - AFP

JAKARTA: Less than half of inbound tourists to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali have paid a new tourist tax of 150,000 rupiah (US$9.30) imposed since Feb 14, its tourism agency said.

Experts have attributed the lack of compliance with the new levy to insufficient checks and coordination among the authorities.