Indonesia's tourism recovery on hold amid Covid-19 outbreak

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The re-opening of Indonesia's holiday islands to international tourists still seems like a long shot.

Menteng Park is pictured closed, as Indonesia imposes emergency measures, tightening restrictions in Java and Bali. - Reuters

"All of our clients have cancelled their trips. We're quite busy refunding and rescheduling,"said Oki Kurniawan, owner of a travel agency, in a recent interview with Xinhua."June was quite good for us, but the PPKM enforced since July brought us back to square one." Meanwhile the international travel ban of entering Indonesia limited foreign arrivals except for essential purposes.

The income for Indonesian travel agencies as an industry has dropped by 85 per cent in 2020 compared to 2019. Earlier this year, there was a small increase, but the momentum didn't last long.

 

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