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View all search resultsTourism industry pins recovery hopes on Q2
Indonesian hotels and restaurants are banking on better business in April, assuming that the nation's COVID-19 caseload drops by then and restrictions are eased.
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Beachgoers visit a relatively empty Kuta Beach on March 3, 2020 in Bali. The island reopened to international travel last October, but only welcomed the first international flight this February. (JP/Zul Trio Anggono)
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he Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) said on Wednesday it expected tourism to rebound in the second quarter of this year, as fresh curbs were weighing on the industry in the first quarter.
The PHRI’s statement comes after the government again raised the public activity restrictions (PPKM) to level 3 on Monday for the tourist destinations of Greater Jakarta, Greater Bandung, Yogyakarta and Bali, in an attempt to curtail a third wave of COVID-19.
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PHRI chair Hariyadi Sukamdani said the industry forecast rested on government expectations that the COVID-19 curve would flatten in March and the PPKM could be eased to level 1 in April.
“It is likely that economic conditions will improve in the second quarter. So for tourism, we expect the same in the second quarter,” Hariyadi said on the sidelines of the association’s national working meeting in Padang, West Sumatra.
He added that hotel occupancy was expected to hover between 25 and 30 percent in the first quarter and then rise to between 40 and 50 percent in the second quarter.
Indonesia has laid down plans to revive tourism this year by shortening the quarantine period for international arrivals and reopening Bali to direct international flights. Airlines have set plans accordingly.
