The Bali Police Chief's Request On New Year's Eve 2023: AvoidENCE Of Miras

New Year in Bali (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Bali Police Chief Inspector General Pol. Putu Jayan Danu Putra reminded residents and tourists who celebrate New Year's Eve on the Island of the Gods to avoid drinking excessive alcoholic beverages because it could threaten their own safety and disrupt order.

Putu Jayan also asked the public, especially domestic and foreign tourists, to be able to control themselves, especially when drinking liquor (alcohol) when celebrating New Year's Eve.

"My hope is, don't celebrate (new year's Eve) by getting drunk with alcohol let alone forgetting the land so that it will be fatal. So, let's control ourselves," said the Bali Police Chief on the sidelines of his activities to inspect the location of New Year's Eve celebrations in North Kuta, Badung, Bali, Saturday.

The same hope was conveyed by Bendesa/Head of Kuta Traditional Village I Wayan Wasista. He asked visitors to participate in maintaining security and maintaining order, especially when enjoying fireworks in Kuta on New Year's Eve.

"Let's keep the situation conducive. We from Traditional Villages will continue to maintain it, including visitors, and together we work together to maintain security, because tourist areas are synonymous with security. We have tried. Let's welcome 2023 by maintaining security and order," said Wayan Wasista when met in the Kuta Beach area, Badung, Bali.

Bali is one of the destinations for domestic and foreign tourists to celebrate the Christmas and New Year holidays. Bali Governor I Wayan Koster in his year-end report, Friday (30/12), said that since January 28, 2022, the number of domestic tourists was 3.9 million people, and foreign tourists reached 2.3 million people.

Meanwhile, the Special Class I Immigration Office of TPI Ngurah Rai this week reported that more than 280,000 foreign nationals (WNA) arrived at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, in the period 124 December 2022 to vacation celebrating Christmas and New Year's Day on the Island of the Gods.

Of the tens of thousands of foreigners, the majority of tourists came from Australia as many as 67,879 people, then Singapore 30,731 people, India 27,876 people, Malaysia 19,490 people, and Russia 14,823 people.

For New Year's Eve celebrations, several places in southern Bali such as Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) Cultural Park in Jimbaran, and on Kuta Beach held fireworks and music concerts for tourists.

At GWK, the New Year's Eve celebrations were enlivened by the top band including Ungu, Sheila on 7, Navicula, and closed with fireworks accompanied by music (musical fires).

In addition, tourists can also enjoy fireworks along Kuta Beach, considering that there are about 5,000 fireworks fired into the sea on New Year's Eve.

"New Year's Eve celebrations in Badung, the center is on Kuta Beach," Wasista said as quoted by ANTARA.