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Indonesia bans sex outside of marriage: Will new laws affect tourists too?

On Tuesday (6 December) Indonesia’s parliament approved a new criminal code that bans sex outside of marriage.

Passed with the support of all political parties, it will apply to Indonesians and tourists alike with a punishment of up to one year in prison. New laws also prohibit unmarried couples from living together.

Currently, adultery but not sex outside of marriage is banned in the country and the new law won’t come into effect for three years.

But there are worries about what this development means for tourists.

The deputy chief of Indonesia’s tourism board Maulana Yusran told Reuters that the new regulations are “totally counterproductive” when the country is attempting to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We deeply regret the government have closed their eyes. We have already expressed our concern to the ministry of tourism about how harmful this law is.”

Destinations like Bali are popular with visitors from around the world, but especially with Australians. More than a million people visit Indonesia from Australia each year.

Newspapers in the country have dubbed the new legislation as the “Bali bonk ban”.

“I do not really think it’s a good idea but it isn’t the first time it’s happened,” Jeremy Finch, an Australian tourist in Bali told AFP. “I think in 2019 they tried to bring it in and it failed.”

Australia has said it is “seeking further clarification” on how the ban will impact tourists in Bali and other parts of the country.

A spokesperson for the US State Department also told a news briefing that the country was concerned about how the changes could impact citizens visiting and living in Indonesia.

But authorities have insisted that it won’t affect foreign visitors as there are limits on who can report people

Read more on euronews.com