Apart from the very cheap cost of the holiday, what is the appeal of Bali?
The Dept. of Foreign Affairs & Trade has only just dropped the rating for Bali from “Reconsider your need to travel” to “Exercise a high degree of caution about you're personal security at all times and monitor the media about possible new safety or security risks”!
This puts it in the same category as countries such as:-
Angola
Gabon
Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Nicaragua
Sierra Leone
Some of the above countries still have serious civil unrest and waring factions.
Add to this the fact that members of the Indonesian junta have huge stakes in the hotel and “entertainment” industries in Bali and are also responsible for horrific human rights abuses and genocide, are you comfortable funding this regime?
As well as rampant bribery, high risk of theft and rabies.
So, what is the appeal of a cheap holiday in a third world country?