The Bali Tourism Board (BTB) in a working meeting suggested that the government extend its visa to 3 - 4 months, and increase numbers of countries enjoying a temporary visa as an attempt to lure more foreign guests and tourists to Indonesia as well as Bali. The proposal is one of the results of the BTB Division II working meeting in Sanur, Bali. The meeting was attended by HPI (Indonesian Guide Association), Pawiba (Bali Tourism Transportation Association), Bali Board of Putri (Association of Indonesian Recreational Parks), and PHRI (Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association).

In the beginning a period of visas was only three-days. These have been lengthened into seven days and until one month. However, on the meeting of the Division II have a notion of the importance of lengthening a period of visas until 3-4 months. Tourists with a Visa on Arrival (VoA), especially those from Europe, were hoping to be able to enjoy their holiday in Bali for a couple of months, as their visa are limited the duration of their visit.

Indonesia has granted the VoA facility to 52 countries not only in Europe but Australia, Cambodia, Japan, Laos, India, PRC, and Taiwan as well. In the meantime the 11 countries enjoying the temporary visa1 facilities are Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, Chile, the Philippines, Thailand, Morocco, Macao, and Hong Kong. However, the visa extension and the increase of countries enjoying the facility would still need to be discussed further by a working group, also in anticipation of the abuse of a visa.