Coronavirus: Battered Bali sees flicker of recovery as holiday season looms

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The island saw a surge in holidaymakers during a long weekend at the end of October.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BALI - Bali, the hardest-hit economy among Indonesia's provinces last quarter, is seeing a pick-up in activity as its governor continues debating when and how the island can reopen to international travellers.

The local government is focused on containing the spread of infections and increasing the recovery rate while continuing to weigh a reopening to foreign tourists, said Bali Governor Wayan Koster. The pandemic has sent the economy into its first recession in more than two decades after two consecutive quarters of annual contraction, with Bali and its tourism-reliant industries bearing the brunt.

 

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Tourists who flock there from Dec. 1st may run smack into a nationwide booze ban. So, why bother why going at all?

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