Hundreds of tourists turned away from Bali for forgetting one important travel item

Hundreds of Aussie tourists are being denied entry into Indonesia’s island paradise for one reason.

Hundreds of tourists were being denied entry into Bali because they forgot one important travel document.

Between January and March, more than 560 foreign nationals were turned away from the Indonesian island, more than half of those people did not have a visa.

Ngurah Rah Immigration Office head Suhendra said it was the most common reason why people were denied entry.

About 240 people were denied entry into Bali during the first quarter of this year because they did not have a visa. Photo – iStock

Another 212 people were denied entry because they were on a criminal list and 52 people did not have valid passport requirements with less than six months left until their document expired.

About 30 people were banned from entering Bali and another 20 people were wanted by Interpol.

Tourists behaving badly also saw about 70 people deported from Bali for committing a criminal act during the first quarter of the year

Ten Aussies were booted off the island, another 20 were from the US and others were from Iran, Tanzania and India.

Others were denied entry because they did not have a valid passport, were on a criminal list or were wanted by Interpol. iStock

For the first quarter of the year, Bali had almost 3 million foreigners pass through its immigration checkpoint.

Most people visiting the island were from Australia, then India, China, the UK, South Korea, the US, Malaysia, France, Singapore and Germany.

In total, the number of people that went through immigration at the Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport between January and April was about 6.5 million including foreigners, Indonesian citizens and airline crew.