The Phenomena: BALI BEACH BOY AND JAPANESE GIRLS

It is no doubt that the Bali saves a million beauty that seemed to have no end to be admired and visited. The social life of the religious community, natural beauty and hospitality of its people makes Bali increasingly in demand as a world tourist destination. The most well known tourist destinations and sought after by tourists is the beach. Beaches in Bali is famous for its white sand and the waves are challenged to conquer for surfers. But behind the beauty of the beach, there is a phenomenon which is quite phenomenal beach boy growing among foreign tourists. The beach boy became a tourist attraction itself for foreign tourists, especially Japanese women.


Yukio Murakami, a Japanese freelance writer once wrote in the weekly magazine Nikkan Gendai (May 11, 2010 edition, page 5) that most Japanese women visiting Bali have a purpose that is looking for a beach boy who doubles as a gigolo. This phenomenon began around 1990 when Bali became very popular when the bubble economy period. Many Japanese women go on holiday to Bali for a massage. In 2005, there are many women workers in Japanese stores that stress in his life and rarely have sex so that they release the stress by coming to Bali to look for him. Initially just for a massage, teach surfing or chatting accompany, but is ultimately up to the desired goal, namely sexual massage. Not a few Japanese women who eventually chose to marry a beach boy in Bali or a marriage contract while in Bali. (tribunnews.com).


The beach boy is tricky to find, they usually hang around all the stalls of Kuta beach. In order to get service from the beach boy, travelers should be keen to see the movements of the men around the coast. Characteristics usually burly, black, dirty, hairy bears, colored hair, like wearing sagging pants, and sunbathing. If the prowl usually they approached the target it was basking in a foreign language. The language is often used to approach guests like: "Hi.. How are you". There is even a direct offer services directly: "do you like jig-jig?". The Jigg - egg is one of the Australian slang term commonly used by foreign tourist who wants to have sex. If for Japanese women generally use "Moshi-Moshi..., anata wa daisuki icha-icha, desu ka" ?? Meaning "Hello what you want to 'make love' to me?". The existence of Japanese women who are hungry for the love of the beach boy has become common knowledge among them. They will compete to win the hearts of foreign tourists. Rotes beach boy is quite varied, their rates once a date around 5,000 yen, but there are cheaper only 2000 yen. When serving a full day, then the rate of 10,000 yen (Yukio Murakami: 2010).

The existence of this beach boy indirectly have contributed to the high foreign tourists, especially Japanese tourists. On one hand, this is regarded as something beneficial for tourism in Bali, but there is no doubt that this has tarnished the image of Bali tourism in the eyes of the world. For the environment around the coast, the beach boy phenomenon has been already not a new thing anymore, they seem to close your eyes and do not care what happens. The local government began to respond to this phenomenon when the practice of male sex workers recorded in the documentary Cowboys in Paradise is considered to have damaged the image of Bali as an international tourist destination. Inspiration filmmaker Cowboys in Paradise this is when accidentally meet and talk with a boy in Bali that use Japanese. The boy insisted on speaking Japanese do not want to use English or Indonesian only. Initially they only talk about the delicacies of the country's bamboo curtain is sushi.


However, after a long chat turned out to be essentially the boy is looking into using the Japanese language, because he has ideals that wanted to be a beach boy that the gigolo. Documentary films actually Gigolo Bali has long been uploaded on YouTube and the film has circulated in Korea and Singapore in 2009. Because of santernya this movie in Indonesian, Balinese finally balked at the movie about gigolo Bali was widely circulated. Bali residents and traditional leaders deplored the existence of this film, which took away the life story pelayansex gigolo for women tourists in Bali. Balinese people say what is disclosed in the documentary is not true, although the phenomenon gigolo in Kuta. Gigolo existence may not only Bali, but in other places too many.

The Government was very denounced the film as a slap to the image of Bali tourism that has been selling beauty of the waves, the beauty of the sunset, unique culture and others. Bali tourism motto 3S (sun, sand and sea) have been changed to 4S (sun, sand, sea and sex). They assume without the fourth aspect, a vacation to Bali is considered not complete. To anticipate this growing wider then the security chief of Kuta Beach, I Gusti Ngurah Tresna began to work with the community and the police to combat the existence of this beach boy from Kuta beach in Bali. Through raid Task Force (Task Force) Kuta Beach, finally managed to capture the 28 young men who do not have a clear identity and a job at Kuta Beach Bali. They are certainly not domestic tourists because it is frequently encountered by officers around the coast. However, according to the Chairman of the Task Force Kuta Beach Gusti Ngurah Tresna, none no claim as a gigolo but such recognition will be explored further. Once captured, the men were taken to Kuta Village Office to receive guidance. Mainly to complete the paperwork population and must immediately seek employment. Unfortunately, in the raid, the task force has not managed to catch the cast in the film Cowboys in Paradise which was uploaded on the YouTube website. (Tempo. Co)

The expected eradication beach boy continues to be done by conducting raids duktang (migrants) periodically to prevent cases like this again. Russia is certainly targeting those who do not have a clear identity card and a job in Bali. Kuta Task Force as the front line and local village officials should also keep an eye on everything that is considered suspicious and immediately dealt with firmly in accordance with the applicable rules. They do not just catch alone, but when it actually proved then they should be fostered, given training so that they have the skills so hopefully they will look for a new job and no longer return to the beach to be a beach boy. As for the merchants and tenants surf boards on the beach supervised intense that no one dared to practice gigolo. If there is a problem should be immediately revoked its license in order for their deterrent effect.

Beach boy's case has become a dark portrait of Bali tourism is becoming a dilemma. On one hand, it became a tourist attraction that is sufficient to contribute to the PAD Bali with a high number of tourists visiting Japan to Bali but the one hand, this has tarnished the image of Bali tourism because of some unscrupulous act alone. The dark side of tourism in Bali in a film show Cowboy in Paradise already clearly illustrates the phenomenon of existence beach boy in Bali. Surely this is the task and PR for us all, how to cope with the phenomenon of beach boy who must be immediately removed from the Bali tourism and how the next steps to restore the image of Bali tourism in the future. It is undeniable that prostitution as one of the tourist attraction for tourists who cannot be removed easily, this is also a problem in other states that tourism is developing rapidly. There are countries that legalize prostitution and some are against the hard, but could not do much, like Bali.


Prostitution will remain in line with the persistence of tourists who want it. Let us together do not like turning a blind eye to the existence of prostitution around us. Supposedly everything that is contrary to the customs and religion in Bali, should be prohibited. What are the rules, norms, ethics upheld by the people of Bali and has been handed down by our ancestors, be something we keep and hold dear. Do not get Bali will no longer have taxes as a famous tourist destination with local knowledge, community life condensed socio-religious values and hospitality. Let's together keeps Bali to keep a taksu and become a world tourist destination of interest to visit because of oriental traditional values espoused and supported by the natural beauty and culture, not solely because of Cowboys in Paradise.