Bali flooded by refugees<\/p>\n
PADANG, West Sumatra (JP): Ethnic conflicts in several regions
\nhave triggered increasing flows of refugees to Bali, adversely
\naffecting the island's tourist centers like Denpasar and Badung
\nphysically, socially and culturally, claimed an expert in Padang
\nrecently.<\/p>\n
\"This condition has taken place over the last two years, as a
\nresult of communal and religious fighting in Jakarta, East Java,
\nLombok, East Timor and Maluku, forcing disadvantaged people to
\nseek safety and make their livelihoods elsewhere,\" said
\nanthropologist Emilia Mariyah.<\/p>\n
The Udayana University expert in Bali further indicated that
\nthe refugees were generally unskilled and that Denpasar and
\nBadung were packed with enclaves of these resettlers, as quoted
\nby Antara.<\/p>\n
\"There has been rising crime in tourist spots, which has
\ntainted the area culturally with tourists feeling insecure and
\ncausing tourism, an asset of regional autonomy, to be
\nthreatened,\" she pointed out.<\/p>\n
Speaking of urban culture in the framework of regional
\nautonomy in Bali at a symposium in Padang, she called on the
\nregional government to conduct continuous control through
\nadministrative reordering, settlement improvement and informing
\nlocal inhabitants on how to preserve their environment as a
\ntourist destination.<\/p>",
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