Domestic visitors to Bali will now be required to submit negative swab test results with a QR code in order to avoid false documents, as the province announces stricter restrictions to fight the continuing national COVID-19 spike. “Domestic tourists travelling to Bali by air, land, or sea will have their [entry] criteria tightened,” Koster stated yesterday night in Denpasar during a meeting with other high-ranking authorities. The main elements, as outlined in a statement published t...

As Indonesia facing a fresh rise of COVID-19 cases, a TikTok video showing huge lineups at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport should raise our collective eyebrows, but an airport official is optimistic for even more arrivals; as long as health regulations are followed, of course. The footage, which was shot only yesterday, showed people creating lineups to check in for flights at Ngurah Rai Airport. Taufan Yudhistira, spokesman for Ngurah Rai, told Kumparan today that Bali has ex...

The Bali Senator has encouraged the central government to continue with the proposal to reopen the border to foreign visitors and the Work From Bali (WFB) initiative. AA Ngurah Adhi Ardhana, the Head of Commission III of Bali Senator, stated that despite the increasing occurrences of new Covid-19 variations in various regions of Java such as Jakarta, Kudus, and Madura, the strategy to revitalise Bali's tourist industry must be carried out as planned. “There is no link between the increa...

An official said that Health Minister's Plan of promoting Bali's medical tourism may help the businesses tap into cosmetics field. “With our visit this time around we want to plan the opening of the number one aesthetic clinic in Indonesia, which will be developed at Sanglah General Hospital as a model for medical tourism in Indonesia,” Dante Saksono Harbuwono, the deputy minister of health, said on Friday.According to Dante, the purpose of this approach is to keep Indonesians away from see...

Over 500 foreigners living in Denpasar city have received their Covid-19 vaccination as per Bali Officials. I Dewa Gede Rai, The Spokesman of the Denpasar Covid-19 Handling Task Force confirmed that 537 foreigners with temporary resident card holders staying in Denpasar have been vaccinated.“According to our data, there are 537 expats who have been staying mostly in the Sanur area and they have now received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.” Gede Rai said on Tuesday (15/6).Gede...