Whenever we talk about sex tourism, we invariably speak of men cruising through second- and third-world countries, preying on young boys and girls. I’m actually writing a book right now wherein I look at the sex trade in fairly uncomfortable detail. It’s not, strictly speaking a book about sex tourism. It’s an account of an [...]
Well, maybe not “drop dead,” but at least one Balinese village isn’t keen on being featured in the upcoming cinematic shitshow, Eat, Pray, Love. When the film crew showed up weeks ahead of their scheduled arrival in November, locals blocked the roads and, according to AFP, demanded $32,000 for rights to film. The district’s chief, [...]
I’m no economist, but I know this: high sin taxes don’t curb bad behavior. Case in point, Bali, also known as Australia’s Cancun: [A]nalysts have branded the current high import tax regime on alcoholic beverage as a policy failure that has “neither discouraged consumption nor maximized revenues” and, as many had predicted, has “fostered a [...]
He’s not exactly the next Ganja Queen, but this Australian pearl fisherman probably regrets his trip to Bali, too: Jason Scott McIntyre, 33, was arrested outside Crusoes Bar in Kuta in the early hours of Monday carrying about five grams of hashish. Mr McIntyre will be charged with drug possession, which carries a maximum penalty [...]
