Posted on 12/09/2022 9:45:20 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
International travelers have been flocking back to the popular resort island of Bali as the Covid pandemic subsides, prompting hopes that Indonesia's battered tourism industry is on the road to recovery.
But this week, controversial new laws were passed in parliament that ban cohabitation and sex outside marriage. The laws will apply not just to residents but also to foreign expats and tourists in the country -- raising concerns from experts.
Although the changes are not expected to kick in for at least another three years, industry players tell CNN that the new criminal code could put foreigners off visiting and hurt the country's global reputation, starving it of vital tourism revenues.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Everything comes down to sex for these people. They want to go to foreign countries and still engage in any depraved act they want despite local customs
Does cohabitation include sharing a hotel room with a girlfriend or coworker even if there is no sex?
"Experts."
I wonder how one qualifies to be an "expert" in the effects of legally-enforced Muslim morality on hedonism-based tourism in third world countries.
The source articles do not make it clear whether tourists in a room would be treated as “cohabiting” in the same way an unmarried Indonesian couple sharing a residence would be.
Abelard and Heloise would heartily agree.
—”And “trafficker” is defined as being in possession of more than “X” grams of certain drugs. They’ll hang you if you’re a local...a Brit...an Aussie...or an American.”
And the problem is?
—”I wonder how one qualifies to be an “expert” in the effects of legally-enforced Muslim morality on hedonism-based tourism in third world countries.”
Guessing there are more than a few Ph.D. students, researching away here in the US on that topic.
There’s a reason that Indonesia will be around in 50 years, while the West, as we know it, will not be, and this article points right to that reason.
Indonesia is 87% Muslim.
It was only a matter of time before they became serious about Sharia law.
Third world hell hole.
Well, they allow alcohol on the beaches now. Just no glass. Besides, everyone has a binocular flask anyways.
“Guessing there are more than a few Ph.D. students, researching away here in the US on that topic.”
The obvious learning experience would be living in a country with both resort tourism and Sharia law.
They were lax about it. But no more. This will destroy the tourist industry in Bali. Westerners will flock to Thailand instead.
No, they don’t hang you. They execute you by firing squad on a small island just south of Java. Execution by hanging is done in Malaysia and in Singapore.
It is in Dubai.See Post #19
Indonesia,like Singapore,hangs drug “traffickers”. And “trafficker” is defined as being in possession of more than “X” grams of certain drugs. >>>>>>>
Yes, but the police are eminently bribe-able, giving rise to an anti commercial sex move by the fundamentalist Muslim wing of government.
They do not want foreigners dinging their women .
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