Beach holidays in Bali might get more expensive if a proposed tourism tax goes into effect.

Grappling with the pitfalls of overtourism, Balinese officials have floated a daily tourist tax similar to the $100 (€95) Sustainable Development Fee that Bhutan charges most international visitors.

Wayan Puspa Negara, head of the Bali Marginal Tourism Actors Alliance and a lawmaker in Bali’s Badung regency, told the South China Morning Post this week that he envisions the island “selecting” tourists just like Bhutan. The Himalayan hermit kingdom restricts tourist numbers to 400,000 people a year and in the past has charged as much as $250 (€240) per day to visit.

“They select tourists from a spending perspective,” he said. “It’s the same as when [Indonesians] go to the US, Europe or Britain.” (Euronews)