The bomb blasts at the Sari Club and Paddy's Bar that killed 192 people, however, changed all that. Suddenly Bali came to a standstill. The image of the so-called Island of the Gods as an international tourist paradise was blown to pieces. Tourist arrivals plummeted, sending the island's economy into a freefall. Massive cancellations of hotel room bookings brought down Bali hotels' occupancy rates to a record low of 11 percent on average. "