Badly behaving tourists in Bali should be sent home, according to the island’s governor.
Wayan Koster told local media that foreign tourists violating holy sites could be asked to leave the Indonesian island.
His comments follow the case of an Instagram influencer couple that were filmed splashing themselves with holy water at a temple.
Sabina Dolezalova and Zdenek Slouka, from the Czech Republic, were visiting Bali’s Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary.
In the now-deleted video, Mr Slouka is shown lifting the skirt of Ms Dolezalova and splashing water on her bottom.
The clip garnered many angry responses from Indonesians when shared by local Balinese politician Arya Wedakarna.
“In the future, if there are tourists behaving like that we should just send them home, they are being disorderly coming to Bali. We will give them this warning,” Mr Koster said in a statement.
Mr Koster added that the Balinese government and community should play a role in protecting the island’s holy places popular with tourists.
In a second video shared by Mr Wedakama, Mr Slouka and Ms Dolezalova were seen apologising for the incident, saying that they “didn’t know it was holy water”.
