Bali's first tourist brochures featured this theme
Bali:
You leave this
island with a
sigh of regret
and as long
as you live
you can never
forget this
Garden of Eden
See page 91-92 of Adrian Vickers BALI A Paradise Created
'In 1914 the KPM issued the first tourist brochures to feature images of Bali (Dutch steamship line that had been running mainly pigs from Bali to Singapore, the boat trip know as the ‘pig express'). Realising the advantages of this island. the line followed this with a series of advertisements and books in English all along the lines of the above pros...'
Just reading this book and found this one saying seems to ring true to many of the posts on this site.