The Bali Tourism Board is calling for transparency on funds collected from the planned Rp 150,000 (US$10) tax on tourists entering the resort island starting next year.

“Transparency is a must. As this is a tourist tax, we hope that tourist business stakeholders are also involved in deciding what the collected fund would be used for. Don’t use the money for useless things such as buying cars for officials or many other things,” board chairman Ida Bagus Agung Partha Adnyana told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.

Partha said the income collected from the tax should be used for upgrading tourism facilities and promotion programs.

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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Ni Komang Erviani (The Jakarta Post)

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