Although this law is a complaint offense, hotels applying the principle of comfort services will be able to disturb the comfort of hotel guests. Because it is considered to ask the guest visitor's marital status.
This article also has the potential to worsen or reduce investment in Indonesia. This is because this law, if implemented, will make tourists, especially from Western countries, ranging from Europe, the United States, Australia, will feel disturbed by this article, even to the point of making western tourists not come to Indonesia, because the regulations are too concerned with one's personal affairs.
In fact, as a result of this law, many international media have provided travel warnings for their citizens who want or will go to Indonesia. One of them is Australia. Â
Australian travelers are concerned that there is a ban on sex outside of marriage and unmarried couples living in the same house.
As a result, Australians are warned to be careful in Indonesia as the new law banning extramarital sex threatens to throw tourists who do not comply with the rules into prison.
On the other hand, Maulana Yusran, who is the Secretary General of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), said that he was resigned to the decision of the DPR and the Government.
"There is nothing we can do anymore, it has been passed. We have submitted input before it was passed, how the domestic industry is currently still struggling to restore the market. And, it will be affected by this regulation," said Maulana. "We will see how it is implemented, what is clear is that it cannot only be in one region or certain conditions, it will definitely be evenly distributed. This is the law," he added.
Entrepreneurs are currently waiting for the government to release official information regarding articles in the new Criminal Code that are considered problematic to avoid long-term losses for the tourism industry.
The Penal Code was enacted to monitor the morals of the people in Indonesia, which is a Muslim-majority country. In addition, it aims to reduce the adverse effects of free sex, such as sexual diseases that are very dangerous to the body.
When the Criminal Code Law was made, it was responded to by the Minister of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia, Yasonna Laoly. Yasonna H. Laoly, Minister of Law and Human Rights, said that the Criminal Code Bill that has just been passed has gone through transparent, thorough, and participatory discussions. The government and the House of Representatives have accommodated various inputs, ideas, and ideas from the entire community. In addition, he also responded that it is not easy as a multicultural and multiethnic country to make regulations like this.
