"I'm sure that the number of tourists coming here will fall by more than 50%, " says I Made Mertha, a tour operator at Bali's Kuta Beach.

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But while the beach resorts in Kuta, Seminyak and Jimbaran are hot tourism destinations, the sea is not integral to island life.

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