In Reply to: Received VERY disturbing SMS posted by Fiona on Friday, 20. January 2006 at 05:02 Bali Time:
saying 60% don't want to come to Bali - it is quite possible that if the question was asked 10 years ago the result may have been the same or similar. Also that shows that 40% would like to go to Bali, 40% of 20 million is a lot of people. Bali is one of those places that are not for everyone, but if you like it then you tend to keep going back. I think that as the world has changed so much and no-one is guaranteed safety, even at home, that people will start to accept the risks and start heading back, although maybe not in such high numbers. People flock to Florida, Jamaica, LA etc and yet they have extremely high crime rates and tourists are targeted on a regular basis. My friends in Bali have asked similar questions.