Originally Posted by
HadesNL
Reason you were not confronted with it, as things change over time.....
- DPS airport has a lot of influx crowds at peak arrival time and it can be easily to miss the :
* formality - hurdle 1
health pass check
(people tend to be like sheep and flock in the shortest route to the exit than observing the signpost for all specific checks and formalities)
* formality - hurdle 4
bali tourist tax counter
(rather tucked to the side of the flow of the walking route,
i was only aware as our lovely porter directed us to it)
But even if you manage to miss out,
you must always be prepared with Indonesian departure passport control as they now can cross reference their systems for the 4 formalities across all departure air/seaports by a foreigner's personal passport number.
So, even if you are already on Bali, or departing from a different city/island/region
it might be as failsafe better to complete
-
Health Pass: https://sshp.kemkes.go.id
- Bali tourist tax : https://lovebali.baliprov.go.id
to be on the safe and compliant side as to avoid departure passport control unnecessities.
But ofcourse YMMV.
I'm not sure about immigration checking your tourist tax on departure, (not that this is a reason for not buying one).
Our expediting agent advises us that immigration officers play no role no the collection, monitoring or enforcement of the tourist tax. Immigration is run by Republic of Indonesia. The tourist tax has nothing to do with the Republic, it is the creature of the Governor of Bali. Although it is possible the information provided to us in incorrect, this seems on the face of it to make sense, since if immigration were enforcing it, they could simply refuse to let you enter inwards until you had purchased the voucher, in the same way as you cannot enter without a visa, (whether on arrival or otherwise).
In September, it was reported that 60% of visitors were not paying the tourist tax. If immigration are really play a role in enforcing this, the departure e-gate alarms would be continually sounding. In addition there is no where having passed though security to reach the departure immigration, to buy the tourist tax, which means you would have to exit the secure area, go to the arrivals hall after the customs hall, pay at the desk, and then go back to departures, through security to line up for immigration again.
Moreover, I am not sure about departing from elsewhere. If I fly domestic to Balikpapan and then fly international from there, how would I pay if "caught"?
Immigration staff on the border have no revenue collecting mechanism. I'd be surprised if the provincial government of Kalimantan would set up a payment point to collect tax revenue for another Province. (Though I have been surprised many times).
Again, I am in no way suggesting this lack of immigration involvement is a reason for trying to get away with it, but my understanding is that central government is not involving themselves in the collection of the Governor of Bali's tourist tax. Of course you may have contacts in the Republic's immigration service who have told you otherwise and if so I am happy to be corrected.