Would you still travel to Bali if there was a booze ban in place? Source: Supplied
IT'S the one thing that could stop Aussies from travelling to Bali – and it's not what you think.
While there has been a lot of rhetoric that the impending deaths of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan would affect tourism on the holiday island, sadly, latest figures show this is not the case.
The number of Australian tourists visiting Bali over the past two months has actually increased by 16.7 per cent from the same period last year.
According to Indonesia Institute president Ross Taylor the fate of the Bali Nine drug smugglers is probably third on Aussies list of concerns.
The ban on booze will be the one thing that would affect tourism.
From Thursday it will be illegal to sell alcohol in mini marts in Indonesia.
Beer and Bali go hand-in-hand for many Aussie tourists. Source: Supplied
Yet the proponents of the new law, two Islamic political parties, want to go one step further by making the selling, producing, distributing and consuming of alcohol containing more than one per cent illegal throughout Indonesia.
The proposal has yet to receive the wider support of the Indonesian government but if it does receive the backing of president Joko Widodo, it could come into effect as early as the end of this year.
Ross Taylor said while the finer details had yet to be discussed, the proposal had already "horrified" authorities in Bali.
"My own view would be that common sense would prevail ... but I'd be cautious in saying that because there are some of the more pronounced religious groups throughout Indonesia really gaining momentum now," Mr Taylor told AAP.
Schoolies party at the Bounty Nightclub in Kuta, Bali. Picture: Nathan Edwards Source: News Corp Australia
"In Aceh, they've introduced Sharia law. Very strictly. Even foreigners can be arrested in Aceh for not dressing appropriately."
Mr Taylor said nationalist sentiment was running high, with Indonesian authorities reviewing every property to ascertain whether it was being held on behalf of a foreigner.
"A lot of them are," he said.
"The state will either resume that property or offer the nominee the option of just keeping it for themselves, with no legal comeback from the foreign owner.
"So if you take that and the alcohol thing I think it's really symptomatic of a disturbing trend - and Indonesia is a country that stole my heart so I'm not anti-Indonesia - of the Jokowi government showing all the signs of being naive, dysfunctional and lost at the moment.
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