South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 2 hrs ago
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Why Grab and Gojek drivers fear Bali’s ‘no-go zones’
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Ride-hailing drivers in Bali are refusing to serve certain areas they consider dangerous or difficult to access, leaving tourists and residents frustrated and forcing them to pay premium rates to local drivers willing to service these 'no-go zones'.
Why Grab and Gojek drivers fear Bali’s ‘no-go zones’
“I cannot come to you,” Katie Williams was told, seconds after her Grab driver had accepted her request for a ride in Canggu. “I cannot come to you. You need to come meet me.”
Williams, an Australian tourist in her mid-thirties, explained through the app that her elderly parents struggled to walk very far in the hot Bali sun. The driver’s reply was blunt: “It’s too dangerous. I cannot come.”
After two more cancellations, she eventually relented and paid a local driver twice the original...
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