Tourists have not yet destroyed the central economic and agricultural activity of the Balinese, although to be sure, there have been and continue to be many threats to rice farming. While hotels are not allowed in the villages, commercial shops, restaurants and other tourist-traps are permitted. Some formerly productive fields have been taken out of rice production, and many Balinese have sold their land to "developers." The price of land along major tourist routes, such as in the villages of Mas or Batubulan, has sky-rocketed in the past decade. Farmers wishing to expand their fields could not hope to purchase such land, and owners often think it is more attractive to sell off to an "art shop" than to plant rice.