Badung government has already banned foreigners from staying in kos-kosan, according to Detik News.
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Badung - Regency (Regency)
Badung issued regulations prohibiting foreign nationals (foreigners) living in the boarding house. The reason, boarding houses are now a choice for tourists so that there is potential for lost regional income.
The regulation was stipulated in Perbup Badung number 35 of 2019 concerning application procedures, re-registration, and adjustment of boarding house management permits. This regulation was set on July 17, 2019 and signed by the Regent of Badung I Nyoman Giri Prasta.
The fifth part of the Decree regulates the obligations of the boarding house manager and the rules of order of the residents of the boarding house. In article 7, it is explained that the obligation of the boarding house manager to have a permit, not renting boarding houses for less than one month is about prohibiting foreigners living in boarding houses.
Head of Public Relations of Badung Regency Government Made Adnyana said the regulation was issued to curb rogue boarding houses. Not only that the prohibition of foreigners living in the boarding house to maintain the image of tourism.
"We do not know whether or not (foreigners living in kos), which is clear to prohibit foreigners to realize the image of quality tourism, avoiding misuse of boarding houses as hotels or economic facilities," Adnyana said when contacted via telephone Thursday (10/10/2019) .
Badung is a district that has many tourist destinations that are already popular among foreign tourists, including tourist destinations in Kuta, Jimbaran, to Nusa Dua. Currently the trend of boarding houses can be rented daily or weekly. This is predicted to reduce the occupancy rate of rooms in hotels in the Badung area and reduce Regional Original Revenue (PAD) from hotel taxes.
"That will affect hotel income, they should stay at the hotel, which is taxed, meaning that this will affect the PAD. What is clear is that it creates quality tourism," he explained.
Article 7 reads as follows
Each Boarding House Manager is obliged to:
a. have a boarding house management permit;
b. overall responsibility for all activities that occur in the boarding house, especially in terms of security, order, cleanliness and health and does not rent a boarding house for less than 1 (one) month;
c. provide supporting infrastructure for boarding houses including living room, kitchen, adequate and proper toilet;
d. every month reporting in writing the number and identity of the occupants to the local banjar / head of the local environment / department;
e. prevent boarding houses as a place to do things that are against the law;
f. ask for identity and invite new residents to report at most 1x24 hours to kelian banjar / local environment head;
g. notify at the latest 1x24 hours after arrival to kelian banjar service / head of the local environment when receiving guests who stay overnight;
h. make boarding house rules;
i. provide guidance and direction to boarding house residents to be able to adjust to the lives of the local community and play an active role in community and development activities;
j. have a name attached and easily visible to the public, as the identity of the boarding house;
k. provide occupant registers and guest books;
l. make a written agreement between the Boarding House Manager and the lessee, and
m. prohibit foreigners (foreign nationals) from living in boarding houses. "
Original article here:
Detik News - Foreigners Prohibited to Stay in Kos-Kosan
