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View all search resultsBali tourism looking for uptick after COVID-19 restrictions eased
The country’s once thriving holiday hot spot has been eerily quiet amid Indonesia’s COVID-19 outbreak – one of the worst in Asia – with hotels, restaurants and beaches shuttered.
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ali’s tourist sector is hoping for an uptick in business after COVID-19 social restrictions were eased for the resort island on Monday, with the government beginning to formulate plans to allow foreign travel to resume.
The country’s once thriving holiday hot spot has been eerily quiet amid Indonesia’s COVID-19 outbreak – one of the worst in Asia – with hotels, restaurants and beaches shuttered.
But cases have declined significantly in the past month after peaking in mid-July. Senior government ministers said on Monday that restrictions would be downgraded in Bali to allow for some tourist destinations to be opened and cinemas to operate at 50 percent capacity.
“Our hope is the virus spread can be kept under control, so that we can reach an 80 percent-90 percent vaccination rate and then we can start to open for international tourists,” said Diah Anggraini, manager of the Grand Inna Kuta Hotel.
“The response from local tourists has been very good so far,” she said.
“We see they are starting to have more confidence about traveling.”
Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said this week his ministry was drafting plans for reopening to foreign tourists, although the timing has not been finalized.
