Foreign Tourists Rental Motorcycles In Bali Must Pocket SIMs

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Head of the Bali Provincial Transportation Agency, Samsi Gunarta, said foreign tourists who want to rent motorbikes in Bali must have a driving license.

"Internationally, people can actually carry vehicles, but they must have the right license. This must be ensured, if they don't have (SIM), yes, they can't, they must be disciplined, there must be a license," said Samsi as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 9. Recently, photos and videos circulated on social media showing foreign tourists in Bali riding reckless rental motorbikes. In addition to recklessness, a number of foreign tourists do not have a driver's license and often ride motorbikes without wearing a helmet.

We have a problem with the number of foreign tourists who only wear bikinis and rent motorbikes and drive them even though previously they didn't understand how to ride motorbikes. Even though it's difficult to fix this habit, we're trying to overcome that," said Samsi.

Bali Governor Wayan Koster prohibits tourists, especially foreign nationals, from traveling in Bali to rent or rent motorbikes, even though they have not officially launched new regulations.

He said the local government already had a number of regulations governing foreign nationals through the Bali Governor Regulation regarding tourism governance in the province, including a prohibition for foreign nationals to use motorized vehicles.

"So, the tourists must travel the road using cars from a travel agent (travel agent). It is no longer allowed to use vehicles that are not from a travel agent. Borrowing or renting is no longer allowed," explained Wayan Koster. Although the local government has issued a number of statements regarding the ban, Samsi said the regulation is still in the design process and has not been officially implemented in Bali.

"This (regululation) is being discussed, it is in process. We inevitably need to see that this issue is factual because it must be regulated and rolled out," he said.

Samsi said the government also expects improvement efforts from providers of motor vehicle rentals on the issue. The Bali Provincial Government, he said, is also open to all input from rental providers regarding the right regulations so that no party is harmed.

"If they start, what do they want, we will encourage them to be in line with the regulations that the government has, we will fix them together," said Samsi. Foreign tourists who want to drive in Indonesia must have an international driver's license.