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Originally Posted by BobMac  I agree with you Den, only been to Bali once and I didn't get off on the place, I prefer Thailand, but I found the comments from my 2 friends very interesting. They asked me why hardly any Thais working in the tourism industry could speak any English beyond some basic pidgin? That was their experience. Apparantly this is not the case in Bali, therefore it's far easier to have some social interaction with the locals. |
Thats because Bali is full of Australians on a 10 day holiday so its in their best interest to learn English or they will not get a job in Kuta in the tourist industry!
In Thailand most speak a bit of basic English or German or Italian!
Bali tourist are confined to one small area whereas Thai tourists are spread over a much larger area.
If your friends went else where in Indonesia they may have had the same problem!
Bali would struggle to survive without the Australian tourist $,which was proven after the bombings,so children are moulded to tourism and English from a very young age.
Den