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...

Bali Governor, I Wayan Koster has started to reopen tourist attractions and shopping malls with strict prevention protocols in place. Despite all of the restrictions imposed during Bali's extended partial lockdown, Koster has decided to show some compassion by reopening several public locations on the island, such as retail malls and tourist destinations, subject to a number of conditions. “Shopping malls are permitted to open with only 50 percent of their capacity and are compelled to...

The Jembrana police department vaccinated random citizens during a recent operation on a public road. Kompol I Wayan Sinar Yasa, the Head of this Operation from the Jembrana Police Department, acknowledged that this operation was carried out on Thursday (2/9) by authorities from the police and Civil Service officials in front of the Jembrana police department located on Jalan Pahlawan, Jembrana. This initiative aimed to prevent Covid-19 transmissions in Jembrana by delivering Covid-19...

Officials from the Bali Tourism Agency have confirmed that the government has planned to partially reopen the international travel corridor. I Putu Astawa, the Head of the Bali Tourism Agency, acknowledged that he had lately learned of the government's plan to partially reopen the international transport corridor in the near future. “In response to tourism enterprises in Bali's demand to open our border for foreign passengers, the government finally plans to test the reopening of Bali's...

Wedged between the more prominent Gianyar and Karangasem regencies, Bali's smallest regency has long served as a highway for visitors, with many simply passing through unaware of the gems to be discovered here. This is Klungkung, a regency whose size and prominence today do not do its history justice. Klungkung was, in fact, the center of Bali's arts and customs in the 16th century, and it played an important part in solidifying the Balinese culture that we witness today. To truly under...