Bali's reopening a litmus test for Indonesia's bid to lure back foreign tourists: Jakarta Post

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In its editorial, the paper says that Bali's tourism industry lost an estimated Rp 48.5 trillion ($4.5 billion) between March and July, which is why the reopening is much-awaited.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

JAKARTA - A Bali tourist guide claims her income has plunged to zero for the last few months as the business that used to earn her between Rp 10 million and Rp 15 million per month has come to a complete halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

That year, the island saw 9.7 million domestic tourist arrivals, or 61.6 per cent of the total number of visitors. There have been pros and cons as to whether the economy reopening is premature, given the fact that the number of infections is on the rise. The Jakarta-based think tank found that, based on compiled data for July 25, the provinces of Riau Islands, West Sumatra, Banten, West Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara, Lampung, Bangka Belitung Islands and Jambi recorded a decline in the number of active cases amid signs of improving economic activities.

Last week, the Covid-19 task force discovered dozens of new clusters in many buildings belonging to the central government, city administration and state-owned enterprises, as they were gradually resuming office-based work.

 

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