The tourism association in Pemuteran, Buleleng has admitted that they’re getting tired of the false hope that they have been receiving from the government. I Ketut Sutrawan Selamat, the Head of the Travel Conscious Group (Pokdarwis) Segara Giri Pemutera, confessed that most tourism enterprises in the northern Bali region have been waiting for the restoration of the international travel corridor for Bali. He also complained about the inconsistency of the government's policy, which tends...

Officials from the Denpasar City Government have decided to close down several quarantine facilities as Covid-19 has significantly decreased. I Dewa Gede Rai, spokesman for the Denpasar Covid-19 Handling Task Force, revealed that Denpasar officials recently shuttered three distinct quarantine facilities in Denpasar since Covid-19 transmission has considerably decreased in recent weeks. “Because Denpasar is classified as an epidemiological orange zone under Covid-19, we chose to close th...

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights has eased limitations on foreign arrivals in Indonesia, enabling the reopening of offshore visa applications as well as entrance to the nation for existing permit holders. Permenkumham (Ministerial Regulations) No. 34/2021 on visa and stay permit granting during the epidemic, which replaces its previous version with substantial lifting and relaxation of limitations, was released yesterday by the ministry, which supervises immigration-related matters...

Officials have announced that all Bali regions have officially turned into a Covid-19 epidemiological orange zone. I Made Rentin, Secretary of the Bali Covid-19 Handling Task Force, announced that as of Thursday (9/9), all nine regions in the province of Bali had become an epidemiological orange zone area for Covid-19 transmissions. “With a total of 101,072 Covid recoveries, the risk of Covid transmission in Bali has dropped, and they are now officially classified as an epidemiological...

The tourism minister suggested this week that Bali may soon reopen to foreign visitors by adopting Thailand's "Phuket Sandbox" concept, in what appears to be Indonesia's latest strategic plan to relaunch international tourism following a number of failed attempts. According to Tempo, Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno stated, “We are learning from the Phuket Sandbox, which has one objective of dramatically lowering local transmissions in Phuket, and this can be implement...