Bali beaches covered with garbage; yearly 1.29 million tons debris

Indonesia, Dec 28: Bali is a favourite tourist spot for travellers around the world. The beaches of Bali are famous for their scenic view.

Bali's palm-fringed Kuta beach which used to be favourite for seeking sun and surf is now looking deserted with shorelines of beach covered with garbage.

Plastic straws and food packaging are strewn between sunbathers, while surfers bobbing behind the waves dodge waste flushed out from rivers or brought in by swirling currents.

"When I want to swim, it is not really nice. I see a lot of garbage here every day, every time," Austrian traveler Vanessa Moonshine explains.

"It's always coming from the ocean. It's really horrible," she adds.

Indonesia is the world's second biggest contributor to marine debris after China. And around 1.29 million metric tons of debris is estimated to be produced annually by Indonesia.