West Australians can’t seem to get enough of Bali, with over 385,000 visiting the destination in the past 12 months environmental groups are now asking can Bali handle the growing numbers.

Statistics by Census reveal they are not the only ones flocking to the popular destination as 2.5 million International tourists along with five million domestic visitors travel to the destination each year, the ABC reported.

Research from the local University coupled with concern from environmental groups suggesting supply was outweighing demand resulted in Bali’s Governor, I Made mangku Pastika imposing a moratorium on all new developments in South Bali.

However, the Governor has recently temporarily lifted the ban to allow the building of a US$280million mega venue dubbed the ‘Bali International Park’ (BIP) for the 2013 APEC summit, which will be funded by Indonesia’s central government.

The venue will include a convention and exhibition centre, luxury villas for 26 heads of state attending the summit and a five star hotel for delegates, once the summit is over the space will be transformed into a tourist precinct.

Governor Pastika defended the project stating that the plan is “projecting a good image for Indonesia”.

The head of the West Australian-based Indonesia Institute, Ross Taylor said the constant infrastructure is hurting the destination.

"There are problems with over-development on the beachfront, roads are chaotic, power from Java is unreliable and the water system is literally falling apart," he said.

Mr Taylor said without regional planning the Islands tourism will suffer and we will see more pollution on beaches, unsafe water and power systems and an increase in traffic.

"This is not good as in the end this will scare off the tourists as Bali will become a less than desirable place to visit which would be a shame as it is such a unique, a lovely island."

Environmentalist Wayan Suardana from the Indonesian environmental forum known as Walhi is leading the fight against the BIP saying the Island doesn’t need any more conference centres.