Bali's authorities have asked tourism businesses to check the outdoor sites their guests visit before the rainy season to see whether they are at risk of landslides or floods.
Where the threat is serious, businesses are advised to suspend operations until it is safe. The provincial tourism office will send out an official letter about this.
In early November, a landslide buried a glamping site in a mountain valley by a river, and two guests went missing. Local authorities are checking its paperwork: the owner has only shown a business registration, and no building permits have been found so far. They have also promised to inspect other tourist accommodation in hazardous locations.
Bali's tourism industry association is proposing to draw up a list of hotels, villas and glamping sites located near rivers and on slopes, and then to inspect the buildings, drainage and evacuation routes at each one.
Machinery for clearing debris is to be kept close to roads where landslides are frequent: on the route from Denpasar to Singaraja via Bedugul, in the east of the island and on the way to Kintamani.
According to the weather agency's forecast, the rainy season across most of Bali will not begin until December, while in the central mountains it will start as early as late November. It will peak in February, and the heaviest downpours are expected in those mountains at that time.
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