Indonesia’s Bali searches for UK TikTokker over ‘negative’ videos of island’s traffic, rubbish-strewn beach

Travel content creator Corrin expressed her dismay at Kuta’s vehicle-choked roads and errant drivers, ahead of the island’s new tourist tax from February 14

But she acknowledged she was a little ‘negative’ in her videos and did not intend to portray the place that way

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Workers clean debris and plastic waste in Kuta. More than four million intentional holidaymakers visited the island in the first 10 months of 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE

Published: 3:49pm, 30 Jan 2024

Officials in Indonesia’s tourism hotspot of Bali are on the hunt for a British influencer after she took a swipe at the island’s “unbearable” traffic and called the famous Kuta beach “absolutely awful” in viral TikTok videos.

Travel content creator Corrin earlier this month expressed her dismay over Kuta’s vehicle-choked roads and errant drivers that do not allow people to cross the road even when they stand at the pedestrian crossing.

“Everyone says come to Bali, it’s an amazing place to come. Honestly, I hate it,” she said in the video as motorists drove haphazardly near an intersection in Kuta, a resort area popular with foreign tourists.

“The traffic is unbearable and I have never seen something like this in my life.”

A man walks near rubbish that was washed ashore by strong waves at a beach in Kuta. Photo: EPA-EFE

In another video, Corrin said she had done her research about the island, but nobody told her about “this side” of the place, pointing to the beach strewn with waste.

“I am so disappointed, there is literally rubbish all along the waterfront. Why don’t people show you this,” she asked.