Tegallalang Rice Terraces - Tourist Attraction or Genuine Agriculture?

• Tegallalang rice terrace, Bali 🌱 • • Beautiful from the sky, a bit “meh” from the ground. It seems to be purely used as a tourist attraction, with a few “mock” workers scattered about pretending to be tending to the hugely none existent plants. As you stop for a second to ponder what they are actually doing, they will quickly pose and tell you to take a picture (obviously for a price!). We saw much greener terraces elsewhere, but this one obviously draws the crowds because of its size and accessibility. Probably worth a look while you’re in Bali. We aren’t sure if this is supposed to be a paid attraction or not, as at no point did we pass a ticket stand or anyone asking us for an admission fee... we just donated to a few guys asking for help building a bridge as we walked around 😂🤷🏼‍♀️ • • • •