Would you buy a tourist in Bali?

Our taxi driver is sooo sweet...

If you are running a really lousy tourist business and tourists are running away from you maybe you are interested in buying some tourists to milk them.

For better understanding of the subject here is the paper obtained from Indonesian BTCSA

“Bali Tourist Catching & Selling Association”

Guidelines for Balinese taxi drivers, room boys, waiters, beach bums…

Availability, market, distribution, prices:

a)      avoid tourists that use common sense as it is very hard or impossible to trick them

b)      when you manage to catch some trusty tourists you should know which segment of market will offer you the highest price per tourist

c)      you can sell the same tourist over and over again – to a hotel, to a dive center…

d)     as a golden rule, the worst places will pay the most for your catch

Ad a) As a lot of people nowadays are able to read and to gather some unbiased information about their holiday destinations it’s becoming rather difficult to find naïve, trusting souls to catch and sell. Focus on a smaller group of half literate, wide eyed, bubble heads – they tend to believe anything you say.

Ad b) Small restaurants (warungs) will happily inflate their prices to share the profit with you, give you a free meal, however, this is not some serious income. Shitty dive traps will give you a touch better value for your catch, even better you can get from some hotels, sometimes you can make a fortune at art shops. Just imagine your tourist buys an artifact valued around 20 dollars for 300 dollars – well, you are looking at some serious fee…

Ad c) To sweeten your deal, you can sell the same tourist to various businesses. After a catch you have to establish trust with your tourist and you can sell him or her over and over again.

Ad d) If you are soft hearted you are not for this business. Don’t burden yourself with ideas how to sell your tourists to some decent businesses. You can not sell your catch to a decent business. They do not need to buy tourists. You have to go to the bottom. More lousy the business more they will pay to you.

Dear, valued members of our association!

Taxi drivers, room boys, waiters, beach bums, hawkers, gardeners…

Good hunting to all of you!

Tallyho!!!