Tourism in danger due to new law on sex: Tourism sector and Australia angry with Indonesian government’s decision, people took to the streets

Indonesia’s Joko Widodo government passed the new Criminal Code of Conduct or criminal law on Tuesday. For 3 years, efforts were being made to get this law passed by the Parliament. Many people in Indonesia and outside are opposing this law, calling it extremely strict. Especially the tourism sector is very angry and people associated with it have taken to the streets.

Indonesia’s tourism sector was trying to recover from the devastation caused by the Kovid era, now the new law has increased their problems immensely. The target of the government is that the share of tourism in GDP should be up to 15%. Now it is only 5%. After the new law, people feel that the tourism industry will be destroyed.

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BBC has published a detailed report on Indonesia’s new law. According to this – the recovery from the Covid era had just begun that the new criminal code of the Joko Widodo government opened a new door of devastation. Why only the tourism sector, common people are also feeling that the new law will spoil the image of Indonesia in the world and it will directly affect the employment of lakhs of people. A human rights activist said – nothing can be worse than this.

Most Australians come to Indonesia as tourists. According to Australia media- Indonesia has hit its own feet. Now our people will avoid going there. they will be afraid of strict laws

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Till now the government has not officially given any clarification on this law. However, in a conversation with the media, Widodo’s officials say – the tourist need not panic. Action can be taken against any person only when the children, parents or wife of the concerned person complains. But, instead of being happy with this clarification, people are getting angry. He says that the government wants to mislead the people even on a terrible mistake.

Many Australians even come to Indonesia to get married. In their eyes, it is a very beautiful and low-cost country. Many Australians even come here to visit three or four times a year. These people are afraid that if they do not have a marriage certificate, then they will not be able to stay in any hotel. Unmarried couples are now talking about not coming here.

Tourism in danger due to new law on sex: Tourism sector and Australia angry with Indonesian government’s decision, people took to the streets

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Indonesia’s Joko Widodo government passed the new Criminal Code of Conduct or criminal law on Tuesday. For 3 years, efforts were being made to get this law passed by the Parliament. Many people in Indonesia and outside are opposing this law, calling it extremely strict. Especially the tourism sector is very angry and people associated with it have taken to the streets.


Indonesia’s tourism sector was trying to recover from the devastation caused by the Kovid era, now the new law has increased their problems immensely. The target of the government is that the share of tourism in GDP should be up to 15%. Now it is only 5%. After the new law, people feel that the tourism industry will be destroyed.

Most Australians come to Indonesia. These people are angry with the new law.
Most Australians come to Indonesia. These people are angry with the new law.
ax on your feet
BBC has published a detailed report on Indonesia’s new law. According to this – the recovery from the Covid era had just begun that the new criminal code of the Joko Widodo government opened a new door of devastation. Why only the tourism sector, common people are also feeling that the new law will spoil the image of Indonesia in the world and it will directly affect the employment of lakhs of people. A human rights activist said – nothing can be worse than this.

Most Australians come to Indonesia as tourists. According to Australia media- Indonesia has hit its own feet. Now our people will avoid going there. They will be afraid of strict laws.

Natural disasters may be more in Bali, but tourists come here a lot.
Natural disasters may be more in Bali, but tourists come here a lot.
cleaning up the government
Till now the government has not officially given any clarification on this law. However, in a conversation with the media, Widodo’s officials say – the tourist need not panic. Action can be taken against any person only when the children, parents or wife of the concerned person complains. But, instead of being happy with this clarification, people are getting angry. He says that the government wants to mislead the people even on a terrible mistake.

Many Australians even come to Indonesia to get married. In their eyes, it is a very beautiful and low-cost country. Many Australians even come here to visit three or four times a year. These people are afraid that if they do not have a marriage certificate, then they will not be able to stay in any hotel. Unmarried couples are now talking about not coming here.


Whom is the government fooling

Andreas Harsono, an Indonesian researcher said – Whom is the government fooling? Suppose an Australian guy has an Indonesian girlfriend, how can he stay in a hotel with her? If the girl’s family complains, then that young man will have to go to jail.
In 2019, 1.3 million tourists came to Indonesia only from Australia. When the era of Kovid came, only 53 Australians came here in 2021. a