The Indonesian government has announced that it will resume accepting foreign tourists from some countries on the condition that it has been vaccinated against the new coronavirus in the popular resort area of Bali.
However, there is no prospect of resuming direct flights, and it is unclear whether it will lead to a recovery in the tourism industry.
Indonesia has not allowed foreign tourists to enter the country since April last year, but the government announced on the 14th that it will resume accepting foreign tourists only in Bali and the Riau Islands.
The reason is that the number of people infected with the new coronavirus is decreasing, and in Bali including Bali, the number of people has decreased from about 1900 per day at the peak of August to 49 as of 13th. ..
Entry that is found in Japan and China, France is limited to tourists, such as from 19 countries
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is ▽ immigration after five days and to perform the isolation at his own expense
conditions It has become.
It has been about a year and a half since we received foreign tourists into Bali, and we are making preparations such as establishing a new PCR test location at the international terminal of the local airport.
A local taxi driver said, "I want Bali's tourism industry to recover as soon as it did before the outbreak."
However, no concrete measures for full-scale acceptance such as the prospect of resuming direct flights from overseas including Japan to Bali have been shown, and it is unclear whether the spread of the infection will lead to the recovery of the depressed tourism industry.