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Valentine’s Day on Bali began with less rosy news for tourists this year. As of February 14, foreign visitors arriving on the popular Indonesian holiday island have to pay a tourist tax on top of the visa fees, as Bali is trying to tackle some of its biggest problems – including trash and traffic. It’s hardly a coincidence that the fee of 150,000 Indonesian rupiah (about $9), announced last year, was introduced in February, which is monsoon season on Bali, when rain batters the island nearly every day. This means fewer tourists come to visit the temples and rice paddies than in July and August…

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