[metmom]

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.

OK, words fail me on this one.

[inchworm]

I’d be a conscientious objector due to Joe’s woke military and banana republic.

[353FMG]

>> ban cohabitation and sex outside marriage. <<

Does this mean that homosexuality is also banned?

Ideal place for tourism.if they haven’t banned booze.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

What's that old line from Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris? Solus cum sola non cogitabuntur orare pater noster ... a man and a woman alone together will hardly think of saying their prayers.

[OrangeHoof]

“Me love you even longer time”...

[Candor7]

What law has ever been successful in preventing intimacy between men and women. The aw is designed to cut down on commercial sex trade and its related slavery , drug addiction and human trafficking problems.

You can look for love in Bali but if you pay for it, your significant other may well be a police officer.

Do not forget. Indonesia is now a Muslim country.Once charged an offender has little due process rights.

[AZJeep]

Maybe they will turn into very desired vacation spot for married couples!
I am old enough, I do not like those party places!
Now, maybe, I will give Indonesia a try!

[Ex-Con777]

A funny thing happened on the road to total devastation.

Years ago Gulf Shores Alabama was a spring break haven for southern and mid-west college students. They flocked there by the tens of thousands. The alcohol flowed and the beaches were one big party scene.

Then the unthinkable happened. Due to numerous accidents and increased crime, the town banned alcohol on the beaches for the spring months. Oh no, cried the critics. Our town will die from the loss of tourism.

Quite the opposite happened. The spring breakers never did buy much locally. They would bring a lot of their own party supplies with them and didn’t frequent many of the local businesses or restaurants either.

The spring breakers went elsewhere to party and Gulf Shores became a popular, family friendly vacation destination. Businesses boomed and the town grew.

So don’t buy into the doom and gloom predictions.

EC

[Gay State Conservative]

Sex outside of marriage is illegal...very illegal...in Dubai. I’ve read that the police there have hotel desk clerks...and maids...acting as informants to report “suspicious” things.

[C19fan]

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

[piytar]

Does cohabitation include sharing a hotel room with a girlfriend or coworker even if there is no sex?

[Tax-chick]

The laws will apply not just to residents but also to foreign expats and tourists in the country -- raising concerns from experts.

"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.

[BobL]

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.

[yldstrk]

Third world hell hole.