In Reply to: Registering with tourist police? posted by Boo on Wednesday, 14. September 2011 at 07:54 Bali Time:
The fee is for the police to patrol the area i believe, where you are staying as it is not in a tourist area or is as private place. Will they patrol lol least they know you are there. We stay in a village up coast and the village notify police that we are there and we pay the amount with the staff at the house. I think if you dig deep into it most hotels will pay a fee to have tourists there which is in the cost of the room not 100% on this but i have been told this is what happens. gotta pay for the police somehow all the VOA fees goes back to Jakarta