Denpasar – Bali Police chief Insp. Gen. Ashikin Husein has urged tourists to wear suitable clothing when riding motorcycles or when not on the beaches to avoid violating social ethics.

"In Hawaii they bar tourists from being bare-chested in front of hotels and buildings except those on the beach. Here, we are glorifying tourism too much," he said on the sidelines of the visit by members of the Commission I of the House of Representatives.

He said people became afraid to touch tourism-related issues especially after the island's economy got hit by two bombings in 2002 and 2005.

Denpasar Police chief Sr. Comr. Alit Widana said the tourism and transport police had been monitoring the presence of bare-chested and bikini-clad tourists on the roads outside the beach areas for the past four months.