Bali is one of several hot spots for the trade in child prostitution in Indonesia. Bali, Lombok and Yogyakarta are the preferred destinations for perpetrators who sexually exploit children. These are the places they visit to get the children. The children were trafficked to top tourist destinations, including Bali.

The sexual exploitation of children is quite rampant in tourist areas, including Bali, because there is a growing demand for it. To meet that demand, tourist areas recruit children and offer them to the perpetrators. The children are recruited locally or are sourced from other places using various methods.

“Bali was the first island that implemented Indonesian child and protection law to against pedophiles in 2003”, said Professor Luh Ketut Suryani as the president of Committee Against Sexual abuse as she agreed to support the national coalition in combating child sexual exploitation in Bali.