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Russian tourist deported from Bali over half-naked photo on sacred peak
Bali has vowed a crackdown on misbehaving tourists after a spate of incidents including acts of disrespect to the predominantly Hindu island's culture.
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This handout picture taken and released on April 5, 2023 by Bali immigration office shows Immigration officers escorting Russian national Yuri Chilikin (2nd left) at the airport in Denpasar, during his deportation process. (AFP/Immigration Office)
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Russian tourist has been deported from Bali after posting a photograph of himself half-naked atop a sacred mountain, officials on the holiday island said Wednesday.
Bali has vowed a crackdown on misbehaving tourists after a spate of incidents including acts of disrespect to the predominantly Hindu island's culture.
The 24-year-old Russian national, who calls himself Yuri Chilikin on social media, posed naked from the waist down on Mount Agung, Bali's highest peak, which Hindus on the island believe to be home to their gods.
He was deported Tuesday to Moscow via Dubai, and was barred from entering Indonesia for at least six months, the immigration office in Bali said in a statement Wednesday.
After being detained and questioned when the image surfaced last month, he apologised before being forced to take part in a cleansing ritual in front of the mountain.
Chilikin posted an image Monday of the ritual on Instagram with a caption that read "I did everything to correct this situation", and that it was "a good lesson on how not to behave".
Complaints about tourists behaving badly in Bali have been increasing in recent weeks, with Russians accused by some angry Balinese on social media of being repeat offenders.
