The Implications of Making the Behaviors of Foreign Tourists Containing Pornographic Elements Viral Against the Tourism Industry of Bali

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10.2991/978-2-38476-180-7_141How to use a DOI?

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Viral; Pornography; Foreign Tourists; Tourism Industry

Abstract

The Island of Bali as a main tourism destination in Indonesia have attracted international attention, with the increasing number of foreign tourists after the pandemic. Along with that, the behaviors of foreign tourists which can potentially breaking the law such as behaviors which are against the local decency norms have made some concerns among the local people and government officials. Because of the advancing information technology (IT), every event can be recorded and reported, as a consequence of utilizing IT, netizens recorded and made behaviors which contain pornographic elements viral on Social Media, which significantly affect the tourism industry of Bali. The role of netizens in helping the law enforcer against the indecent behaviors of foreign tourists and the implications of making the behaviors of foreign tourists containing pornographic elements viral on social media according to the ITE Law, are the problems put forward in this research. This research is using normative juridical approach in order to analyze relevant law and regulations, which is the ITE Law. The research data are analyzed qualitatively using analytical-descriptive approach by collecting data from various credible sources, including scientific journals and related legal documents. The result of the research shows that netizens have significant roles in supporting law enforcement against indecent behaviors of foreign tourists in Bali. Using social media, netizens can quickly spread information and related evidences against indecent behaviors, speeding up law enforcement processes. Making the behaviors of foreign tourists containing pornographic elements viral also negatively affect tourism industry in Bali, such as the decrease in tourists’ visits and deteriorating image, including conviction to those who distributed, transmitted, and accessed Electronic Information and/or Electronic Document containing indecent contents. In order to solve this problem, a cooperation between the government, public society, and other related parties is truly needed, which includes immigration policy, reinforcement of supervision, counseling, and improving awareness of the importance of keeping positive image of tourism and also not immediately making events viral which can potentially break the ITE Law. In order to solve this problem, it is necessary for a cooperation to exist between the government, public society, and other related parties, which includes steps such as enacting immigration policies, strengthening supervision, counseling, and improving awareness of how important it is to keep the positive image of tourism and also to not immediately make events viral which can potentially break the ITE Law.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Safira Widya Attidhira
AU  - Armansyah Armansyah
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/31
TI  - The Implications of Making the Behaviors of Foreign Tourists Containing Pornographic Elements Viral Against the Tourism Industry of Bali
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on “Changing of Law: Business Law, Local Wisdom and Tourism Industry” (ICCLB 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1384
EP  - 1394
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-180-7_141
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-180-7_141
ID  - Attidhira2023
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