Re: Bali Booze Ban Big Concern For Aussies

idlewhile · ‎17-04-2015

Sooner he walks the walk and bans booze, introduces Sharia law and all other restrictive islamic rules the better.

We will then cease to see young drunken Aussies cavorting and being served up poison, going blid and worse.

Bring it on and lets put an end to the Bali conga line of deaths of young Australians.

Will never happen though. Joko knows where the money comes from hypocritical murderer.

gleee58 · ‎17-04-2015

@icyfroth wrote:

Isn't that what all tourist industries do? Imagine if Margaret Rver or Barossa Valley wineries were not allowed to sell wine with an alcohol content of more that 1%.
Barossa Valley and Margaret River wineries are tourist industries are they?
While they probably do tours of their wine processing plants and offer cheese and bikkies with their wine tasting, they hardly depend on the hedonism of the western tourist.

Although I certainly believe Australia could also do with restrictions on the availability of alcohol and shorter opening hours of clubs, pubs and bars.

Yes, they are tourist industries. They rely heavily on the value adding tourism and events markets.
There's no comparison.

I'm sure the tourist operators in the Barossa Valley and Margaret River will be happy to accommodate those who won't go to Bali if they can't get grog, provided they know how to behave.

You'd better let them know they have it wrong.

http://www.margaretriver.com/

icyfroth · ‎17-04-2015

@gleee58 wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:

Isn't that what all tourist industries do? Imagine if Margaret Rver or Barossa Valley wineries were not allowed to sell wine with an alcohol content of more that 1%.
Barossa Valley and Margaret River wineries are tourist industries are they?
While they probably do tours of their wine processing plants and offer cheese and bikkies with their wine tasting, they hardly depend on the hedonism of the western tourist.

Although I certainly believe Australia could also do with restrictions on the availability of alcohol and shorter opening hours of clubs, pubs and bars.

Yes, they are tourist industries. They rely heavily on the value adding tourism and events markets.
There's no comparison.
I'm sure the tourist operators in the Barossa Valley and Margaret River will be happy to accommodate those who won't go to Bali if they can't get grog, provided they know how to behave.

I'd love to see even 50% of the Aussie tourist trade go to local holiday destinations.
The key is as you say: "provided they know how to behave."

Which, from what I've seen in various reports, many young tourists to Bali think they can behave like drunken, drugged out, sex-crazed louts.
And smuggle drugs.

Would they behave like that in Margaret River or the Barossa Valley? It's unlikely. Why then should the Indons put up with it, especially when their Islam ethics are in stark contrast.

Anonymous · ‎17-04-2015

@j*oono wrote:
No more schoolies in Bali. That can only be a good thing.

I think it will more or less kill tourism in Bali though.

Indonesia has banned small retailers from selling beer, despite an outcry from the alcohol and tourism industries over the Muslim-majority country's latest offensive against drinking.

The ban restricts the sale of beer and pre-mixed drinks to large supermarkets only, outlawing sales in the country's 16,000 minimarts and 55,000 other small shops.

Hotels, restaurants and bars are unaffected.

There had been particular anxiety about how the ban might affect tourism on the Hindu-majority resort island of Bali.

However, Indonesian trade minister Rachmat Gobel, who was shouted at during an ill-tempered meeting with community leaders in Bali last weekend, has now pledged to ease the restrictions on the island to ensure street vendors can still sell beer at the beach.

icyfroth · ‎17-04-2015

@j*oono wrote:
No more schoolies in Bali. That can only be a good thing.

definitely

I think it will more or less kill tourism in Bali though.

They'll have to get over it the same as traditional Australian holiday destinations suffered when holidays to Bali, Thailand, Fiji became affordable.

It seems to me that most wineries now have restaurants and reception centres in WA. Can you imagine? They make a lot of money there. The last wedding I went to was at a winery by a lake. I hate to think what the cost was for the bride and groom but it was an extremely beautiful place with a first class menu and wines galore.