ABSTRACT
Michel Picard, a French anthropologist, is the author of one of the most important books on Bali, Bali: Cultural Tourism and Touristic Culture (Picard, 1996). The quote preceding this chapter offers a capsule view of his analysis of Balinese tourism; he argues that we should not ask whether the impact of tourism on Bali (or any place, for that matter) is positive or negative, but should look at how tourism impacts on Bali and how the Balinese have responded to tourism.
