How
one Aussie tourist dies every nine days on paradise island of Bali
Bali is a tourism magnet. An unsafe Bali will make
tourists choose other destinations as Bali has seen rape cases, attacking
foreigners. A Swedish woman recently reported that she had been raped inside
her hotel room in the famous tourism area of Kuta.
On Thursday, a British woman was found dead with multiple
injuries to her body in a villa in Junjungan, a quiet neighborhood of upscale
villas in Ubud. The woman was found lying on the floor with a black cloth
covering her face.
IT'S among the nation's most popular overseas holiday destinations - but
the island paradise of Bali has a more sinister side.
New figures
reveal one Australian dies on Bali every nine days, while hundreds more need
consular help after experiencing problems.
Consular
officials say alcohol and drugs fuel many of the accidents, while nightclub
fights are among the biggest causes of trouble for thousands of Aussies who fly
to the tropical island every year.
The
consulate is advised of all deaths but refused to detail causes for privacy
reasons..
Peter Mickelburough
UPDATE
ReplyDeleteAUSTRALIA’s favourite overseas holiday destination is also one of the deadliest, with 48 Aussies losing their lives in Bali 2014, or one death every eight days.
Figures provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade also showed 118 Australians fell ill or were admitted to hospital in Bali, and 20 were arrested in the year to June 30.
The deaths included those of Noelene Bischoff and her daughter Yvana, 14, who died from a rare form of food poisoning in January.