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At the end of the Twitter thread, Gray shared a link to their eBook,
Our Bali Life Is Yours, which they sold for USD$30.
“It’s a guide breaking down how we did it and how you can do it too,” Gray tweeted at the time.
It includes direct links to visa agents, and information “on getting into Indonesia during COVID.”
She also reportedly offered paid consultations on travelling to Bali in the middle of a pandemic.
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While Gray’s story appealed to some of her followers, it also sparked a lot of backlash particularly among Indonesians. Many tweeted their concern, criticising Gray for encouraging foreigners to travel to a country already struggling with its coronavirus situation, and for glamourising Bali.
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image captionKristen Gray describes herself as a digital nomad
An American woman looks set to be deported from Bali after her Twitter thread promoting the island as a cheap and LGBT-friendly option for foreigners during the pandemic went viral.
Kristen Gray sparked backlash for her lack of cultural awareness following the tweets on her elevated lifestyle .
Indonesian authorities have since accused her of spreading information that could unsettle the public.
But Ms Gray says she is being targeted because she spoke out about being LGBT.
Even though the Balinese are mostly Hindu, Indonesia is the world s largest Muslim-majority nation where its LGBT community has faced discrimination.