In Reply to: "Local tourism regulation" posted by dower on Wednesday, 16. February 2005 at 13:08 Bali Time:
This is true, everyone who checks into a hotel or private house must be reported to the local police station. All hotels require you to fill out a form when checking in, which requires your passport details, that they then give to the local police. In the cases of hotels they only need you to fill out the form on check in and passport is then given back to you. In the case of villas or private places, they most likely do not have these forms, so then your passport is required to take to the local police station.