The Bali Sun has the story of how a travel blogger was asked to leave Indonesia because of his inaccurate claims about immigration wait times at Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS).

Blogger claims 5+ hour immigration line in Bali

On July 29, 2022, Sebastian at LoyaltyLobby published a story about his experience entering Bali. The post had the following title at the time (which has since been modified):

Bali Airport Has Become A Total Hellhole With Up To Five Hours Immigration Lineups – Stay Away!

While Sebastian paid for a fast track service at the airport, he claimed “people waited for 5:20h+ in the immigration line,” and that people “were close to a breakdown after over five hours of standing in line.”

He claims that people needed medical attention, and that children and adults were crying. He also said that he talked to someone in the front of the long time about how long they had been there. He claims that the person looked at their 10AM receipt of having paid for a visa, and at this point it as 3:25PM, so they had been there for over five hours.

Authorities fight back, revoke blogger’s visa

The story ended up going viral, and caught the attention of the Deputy Governor of Bali, as well as immigration officials, who were worried about the impact of this story on the island’s public image. Authorities launched an investigation, and found that Sebastian had “only” been at the airport for a total of 53 minutes (which is still a long time, especially if you...

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