Sandiaga Uno, Indonesia's Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy has high hopes of attracting digital nomads from all around the world with a new long-term visa that would allow foreign tourists to stay in the country for up to five years.Previously new innovative has been encouraged by Sandiaga that can boost and help survive the tourism Industry with the on going corona virus pandemic. Attracting digital nomads is one of them. In the start of this year, he invited people throughout...

A recent statement from Indonesia's Health Minister saying that it will take at least an year to restart the foreign tourism in Bali has received a major backlash. All the public figures and tourism players have raised their concerns over this statement regarding the economically-battered province. Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Health Minister of Indonesia shared that a timeline of reopening Bali to Foreign Tourists is set for April 2022. The current plan appears to involve a rigorous vacc...

A drive thru vaccination center has been launched in Nusa Dua convention center (BNDCC). The target is to inoculate more than 5000 people related to tourism industry public transportation sector, and ride-hailing services.The center is targeting to administer 840 daily vaccine shots and was scheduled to operate until 5th March for its first run. The center will then resume operations for a second run between March 13 and 19.Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Indonesia's Health Minister, stated that...

Provincial government of Bali confirmed that internet services will remain active on the day of silence "Nyepi" this year. There were news reports with rumors about complete province wide shut down of internet services during Nyepi that lead to some major confusion amongst the public.“This means that cellular data and IPTV (Internet Protocol television) will be off, but the internet will remain on. The internet at home, especially in hospitals and other vital objects will be on like normal,” Ged...

Provincial Government of Bali announced that as per the new version of the Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (PPKM), Malls and Restaurants in Bali can now remain open till 10 pm until 22nd March at least.Previously the timings for the malls were till 9 pm and restaurants dining in were only permitted under the same curfew. The rule for the most part is still valid in the other provinces implementing Micro PPKM in the latest extension of this partial lockdown, with Bali a...