Governor Of Bali Hopes Foreign Tourists Brought By Emirates A380 Respect Local Culture

Bali Governor Wayan Koster (right) during the welcoming ceremony for the inaugural landing of the A380 Emirates Airlines at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Tuban, Bali, Thursday (1/6). ANTARA/Ahmad Wijaya.

Bali Governor Wayan Kosteringin, a foreign tourist (wisman) brought by Emirates A380 respects the culture of the local community and maintains the image of Bali tourism.

"I believe that the foreign tourists transported by the Emirates have dignity and respect the cultural values and customs of Bali," said Bali Governor Wayan Koster during the welcoming ceremony for the inaugural landing of the A380 Emirates Airlines at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, June 1.

According to Koster, recently the unfavorable behavior of foreign tourists has occurred in Bali and does not respect the cultural values, customs, and norms of Bali in particular and Indonesia in general.

The behavior of a number of less dignified foreign tourists is certainly very detrimental to the image of Bali tourism which has been upholding norms, customs, and culture.

"We certainly hope that something like that will not happen again in the future and I am sure that the tourists transported by Emirates have dignity," he said.

In his remarks, Governor Wayan Koster said he had issued the latest circular regarding obligations and prohibitions for foreign tourists in Circular Letter Number 4 of 2023.

It is stated that foreign tourists are obliged to glorify the defamation of temples and religious symbols and to truly respect customs, traditions, arts, and religious ceremonies.

"Wearing clothes that are polite, reasonable, and appropriate during visiting activities in Bali, both in sacred areas, tourist attractions, public places, and behave politely in sacred areas, tourist areas, restaurants, shopping areas, roads, and other public places," he said.

Furthermore, Koster requires tourists who come to Bali to be accompanied by licensed tour guides, where he understands the attraction of tourism, natural conditions, customs, local wisdom.

In the circular, Koster emphasized that tourists exchange foreign currencies at the organizers of foreign exchange business activities (KUPVA) and make payments using standard QR codes or using rupiah currency.