Indonesia has long had a booming tourist industry focused mainly on the island of Bali. In 2019, before the pandemic drastically cut tourist numbers, Indonesia recorded 16 million foreign arrivals. But now there are concerns over what the outlawing of sex outside marriage could mean for foreign visitors and tourists, particularly on the tourism-dependent island of Bali.
The Australian government has already updated its travel advice for Indonesia, warning tourists about the penalties for cohabitation and sex outside marriage that will come into force in the country in three years’ time.
