Tourism going through a rough patch in Bali

I read with interest the CNN article.Our friend,the owner of Air paradise bemoaning his fate!We had booked and paid for our holiday and lost $2500 due to the collapse of the airline–money i doubt that we will ever see returned.Fortuanetly for us we were able to afford to rebook with Garuda.
I have spoken to many people in WA,alone who had booked on AP and lost thier money but could not afford to rebook with another airline.These are people who had money to spend in Bali.
Got to wonder if AP could have hung in there for a bit longer maybe the Bali economy would have benefited.The airline may also have recovered,
Cheerrs Laurs

I was recently in Bali and was up early on a Saturday morning. Decided to treat myself to breakfast at Aromas. Got there @ 7.45am. A tourist walks past at 8.06 am followed by another at 8 .11am followed by another @ 8 29.am. I left Aromas at 8.50 am and that was the total number of tourists that had ventured past.
Later that day we went to the [at 12 .30pm] to pick my wife and daughter up from the airport. Made drives via Jalan Legian. I counted 23 tourists total on the footpaths from Jl Melasti to Bemo corner.
While the mop with the gold plated handle may be catching the top end of the market in villas @us$ 175 a night plus, its the more plentiful basic 3 star hotel at aus$30 a night currently running at I guess 10% that need filling back to 80% that will help the average Balineese. How many “top end” tourists do you see in the markets or warungs?

The pattern seems to be that confidence builds up and then is shattered by the next bomb or terrorist attrocity, or disease scare. Sure the chances of being in the thick of it are slim but a perceived threat is enough to put people off. From the CNN article seems that expats would like to invest elsewhere as a backup, or at least those with serious businesses. One has to wonder about the Indonesian tourist authorities planning ability and Garuda’s when you can’t get a flight on one carrier from Australia to Europe via Bali, for instance. Seems like Garuda can’t deliver and they don’t want anyone else to either. Pollution, overpopulation etc. are also long term threats to the islands attractiveness. Fortunately for Bali this is a challenge for other Asian destinations too. A lot of those spas are excellent but seem to be in oversupply.