A senior Indonesian government official has today confirmed that the popular tourist island of Bali will begin receiving international tourists again from October 14.
Speaking in Jakarta, the Minister for Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Pandjaitan, said that Bali would start welcoming tourists from a small number of countries as part of a gradual return to normal activity.
The Minister says that while the government wants to help revive Bali’s battered economy, the islands reopening and easing of social restrictions would be conducted in stages as the government “doesn’t want the unexpected to happen”.
China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and the UAE will be amongst the first countries allowed to travel to Bali.
However, all visitors will need to be double vaccinated and and will need to provide proof of a negative pcr test taken prior to arrival.
In addition, all tourists will need to quarantine, at their own expense, for eight days at a designated facility on the island before they will be free to travel.
Bali’s international airport has been closed for more than a year and plans to reopen have twice been put on hold as consecutive waves of coronavirus swept through the country.