https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3mevy/police-crackdown-tourists-bali
"Sam has lived in Bali for years. Working as a tattoo artist, the Russian has
forged strong friendships on the island, which he says has changed his outlook
on life.
But in recent weeks, he has started to become hesitant to share his nationality
with new people. That’s because of other Russians who have made headlines
drawing the ire of locals, from working illegally to breaking traffic laws and
pulling off publicity stunts endangering public safety.
“There were a lot of Russian cases during the pandemic,” he told
VICE World
News, requesting a pseudonym as it’s illegal for foreigners to work as tattoo
artists in Bali. “They even start to argue like, ‘I act how I want to act.’ You
know… like a ‘Karen.’”
“It became more and more cringy for me to say that I'm from Russia,” he said,
adding that rising anti-foreigner sentiment in the past two months has made
living on the island difficult.
But it’s not just Russians who are provoking the ire of Balinese locals. This
month, amid a flurry of cases involving tourists’ misbehavior, Bali authorities
have proposed a series of new policies to crack down on guests who disrespect
the island’s laws and culture. In one particularly strange case, officials
dished out bluntly aggressive retorts."
Via Whuffo and Christoph S.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
