By reissuing its latest travel advice on Bali, drawing attention to Nyepi Day (the local new year on March 16), the Australian government’s Department of Foreign Affairs seems to be blissfully ignorant that Nyepi is a day when nothing moves on Bali. Nothing at all, except perhaps the palm trees.
The airport is closed, shops and bars are shut, and visitors are urged to respect the tradition by remaining within their hotel grounds.
Hardly, then, a day when a terrorist might choose to launch an attack.
And there’s more to this. By updating travel warnings/advice seemingly without any evidence of new threats, there is a risk that potential visitors will feel the Australian government is crying wolf, ignore their advice, and take the next cheap flight to Bali.
