No sex please, this is Bali

No sex please, this is Bali

JAKARTA (JP): The regency of Badung, which governs Kuta beach, promised to stamp out the area's illicit sex trade.

"Bali is not Hollywood," Kompyang R. Swandika, the head of the regency's tourism office, told Antara.

"Everything that smacks of the sex trade is forbidden here. Everything must comply with the rules and the norms of the Balinese culture," he said.

Kompyang said Bali is not selling sex tourism, and that resorting to the concept would destroy the island's image.

On Thursday, Kompyang headed an inspection of massage parlors and karaoke clubs, often rumored to be fronts for brothels.

The news agency failed to report if the operation caught anyone in the act, but Kompyang did discover that many of the parlors and clubs were not properly licensed. (emb)