The Gianyar Police Department has chosen to use a police bus to transport scores of unvaccinated older residents in Gianyar. Kompol I Nyoman Wirajaya, Deputy Chief of the Gianyar Police Department, revealed that he has sent his officers to begin collecting up hundreds of senior persons in Gianyar who are still unwilling to obtain the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday (28/9). “According to our research, many of Gianyar's senior citizens were still unvaccinated. So we decided to pick them up fr...

The Badung Tourism Agency has proposed the central government to reduce the quarantine period for international travelers once the border reopens. Cokorda Raka Darmawan, the Head of the Badung Tourism Agency, indicated that the Badung regional government, through the Tourism Agency, suggested to the central government that they relax their entry criteria for international visitors if the border reopens in the near future. “I requested that the quarantine time be reduced from 8 days to m...

Bali officials have planned to reopen the international travel corridor for 4 countries once the border reopens in the near future. Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati (Cok Ace), the Vice Governor of Bali, confirmed that in response to the latest statement from the central government about the reopening plan on October 2021, the Bali provincial government has begun their preparation stages, including selecting several countries that will be welcomed to visit the island once the border re...

Bali's vice governor expressed dissatisfaction with the central government's decision to bar international arrivals from Ngurah Rai International Airport. According to a Transportation Ministry circular issued earlier this week, only two airports have been designated as the two entry points for international arrivals via air travel: Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang and Sam Ratulangi International Airport in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi. The move followed the go...

The central government has begun allowing tourism businesses such as restaurants and cafes in Bali to operate until midnight with several strict conditions. The spokesman for the Badung Covid-19 Handling Task Force, I Gusti Ngurah Gede Jaya Saputra, confirmed that the government has begun to allow tourism businesses to operate until midnight, in accordance with the latest instruction from the Minister of Home Affairs regarding the partial lockdown implementation in Bali and Java on Mond...