BALI — A viral video showing a packed sunset pool party at Finns Beach Club in Bali has sparked a wave of online criticism and drawn attention from overseas media.

PerthNow, news.com.au and the Daily Mail have reported on the footage, which shows a large crowd gathered in the pool during a sunset party at the popular beach club in Berawa, Canggu.

The video was posted by travel content creator Kris Diandro and quickly gained traction online, attracting hundreds of thousands of views and thousands of comments.

Filmed during a sunset party, the footage shows guests packed into the pool as music plays and people dance and socialise in the water.

What was intended to capture the atmosphere of a Bali beach-club party instead prompted a strong reaction from some viewers, who focused on the sheer number of people in the pool.

Some described the scene as overcrowded and unpleasant, while others questioned whether a swimming pool could remain hygienic with so many people gathered in the water at the same time.

The reports also highlighted a number of comments from social media users questioning what happens to the pool water during heavily attended parties. Some went as far as speculating that guests could be urinating in the pool.

Those claims were made by social media users in response to the footage and were not presented as confirmed findings about the condition of the pool.

The reaction extended beyond concerns about the pool itself. Some commenters used the footage to criticise Bali’s increasingly popular beach-club culture, while others questioned the kind of tourism experience being promoted by crowded party venues on the island.

The discussion was particularly noticeable among Australian audiences, with some commenters expressing disappointment at what they saw in the footage and others saying the scene was simply part of the beach-club experience.

The video has also highlighted the very different ways a single piece of tourism content can be perceived. What may appear to partygoers as a lively sunset event can look very different to viewers watching the same footage online.

Finns Beach Club is one of Bali’s best-known beach-club venues, with its pool and sunset parties attracting large numbers of visitors.

As the video continues to circulate, the online discussion has largely centred on the crowded appearance of the pool and what it says about Bali’s popular beach-club scene.

The footage has now become another example of how images from Bali’s tourism hotspots can quickly travel beyond the island and become part of a much wider conversation among international audiences.