No increase in holiday cancellations by Aussie tourists despite upcoming executions

Rangi

Damn it . I was hoping the their would be massive boycotts from the aussies.

Markit

Safe place to come now - not near so many drug dealers as before.

Fred2

I'm in Queensland, Gold Coast at the moment and everyone backs the Indonesian government, more or less who gives a shiiit?

Markit

I think it's a menopausal thing. If you look on Farcebook it's all the same hormone deficient women of an age that are taking a brake from bleeding over Bali dogs to bleed over Ozzy drug dealers. Next week it will be lost kittens or one-legged birds. Keeps them off the streets while their men chase small brown women around the pool.

Fred2

Seem's Ozzy drug deals are the in this month, Next month?

balinews

Australians are unlikely to cancel their Indonesian holiday plans despite heavy diplomatic pressure and calls for a travel boycott over the looming execution of Bali Nine members Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Travel agents say there has been no increase in the number of Australians cancelling flights or holidays to Indonesia, and tourism experts predict any eventual decline in holidaymakers jetting off to Bali will be minimal. As Australian embassy staff met Indonesian officials in Jakarta on Monday to discuss plans for the imminent execution of the two convicted drug smugglers, a social media campaign with the hashtag #BoycottBali continued to attract people pledging to cancel their holidays to Indonesia. It follows a warning from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop last week that Australians may reconsider their travel plans if the executions go ahead. Advertisement But the popularity of travelling to Indonesia has remained steady. Jetstar, which operates about 50 return flights a week to Bali from six capital cities, has had no recent change in demand for flights, and hotel booking website Lastminute.com.au reports accommodation and flight bookings remain steady. A Flight Centre spokeswoman said an audit of cancellations at the weekend found no one had pulled out of flights to Bali or accommodation and tours booked at the island for the next six months. The head of Bali's tourism industry also said there was no evidence of people boycotting the popular tourist destination, which attracts about 1 million Australians a year. Ngurah Wijaya, chairman of the Bali Tourism Board, said local operators had not expressed any concerns about a drop in visitors from Australia and predicts any decline in tourism would be short lived. "Tourism is people to people, it has nothing to do with government policy or law," he said. "I don't think there will be many Australians cancelling their trip to Bali. Maybe just for the time being, but then it will come up again. The relationship between Australia and Indonesia, especially Bali, is special." The University of Queensland's Brent Ritchie, who specialises in tourism risk, said most people chose their travel destinations based on weather, scenery and security. He said while some people planning their holidays might reconsider travelling to Indonesia, most were more likely to consider personal risk associated with the destination, such as terrorism and extreme weather. "A small number might be swayed by the boycott call and decide not to go, but I think that will be over very quickly," Associate Professor Ritchie said. "It is top of mind, but I don't think this kind of thing is going to influence people's perceptions of safety and security for themselves." Monash University's Dr Glen Croy said any impact on tourism would have a direct link to saturation media coverage in Australia. "I would expect there would be an impact on tourist demand as the coverage continues," he said. "If there's high visibility in the media, that continuing influence on people's perceptions will continue, and obviously if that coverage is presenting Indonesia in a negative light then that would create a negative perception as a tourism destination." Dr Croy believes any decline in tourism would be small and not be felt immediately because travellers planned their holidays in advance, and said he expected Indonesia to launch a tourism campaign in the coming months to counter negative publicity. Bali Nine fallout: Australians unlikely to cancel Indonesia travel plans, say agents

Braveheart_shaped_box

Markit wroteI think it's a menopausal thing. If you look on Farcebook it's all the same hormone deficient women of an age that are taking a brake from bleeding over Bali dogs to bleed over Ozzy drug dealers. Next week it will be lost kittens or one-legged birds. Keeps them off the streets while their men chase small brown women around the pool.

I often look at some of my gender and wonder if I will have the courage to drink meself to death if I ever develop extra flappy Bingo Wings, have more than one cat or God Forbid, qualify for membership of the Ubud Coven.

Markit

Braveheart_shaped_box wroteI wonder if I will have the courage to drink meself to death if I ever develop extra.

Trust me, sometimes it takes effort/courage [I][B][U]not[/U][/B][/I] to drink yourself to death here.

Markit

Gurkha wroteBut I guess you are in persistent pursuit of THAT activity!

I'll presume that this was an honest question and will answer it that way, also because in this forum there's the recurring question "what do you do in Bali". Booze is such a part of our society that it's almost impossible not to run into it in almost every situation: Wedding - booze funeral - booze meeting MATES - booze ( to not drink questions your commitment to "matehood") lunch/dinner/breakfast! - booze (well, the first 2 and the 3rd only when it's more brunch than breaky sundowner - after a hard day chasing lovely brown women around the pool lets not forget - it's fecking hot here too and you just can't drink coke/sprite/water all the time either Unless I stick around the ranch and basically hide from everyone you end up drinking a beer or 2 or 6 cause we all know that half drunk is a waste of money.

Markit

Depends entirely on what you still [U][I]have to[/I][/U] or [I][U]may[/U][/I] do...