Spike in Australian visitors to Bali expected after lifting of COVID-19 test requirement for vaccinated travellers

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Australians made up the bulk of tourists in Bali before the pandemic. With the winter holidays coming up, tourism operators hope they will return in droves again.

JAKARTA: It has been a hectic two months for Janet De Neefe, an Australian business owner who has been living in Bali for more than three decades.

the requirement for vaccinated travellers to take COVID-19 tests before entering Indonesia will be liftedStarting Wednesday, travellers no longer need to take a pre-departure COVID-19 test. Only unvaccinated and partially vaccinated travellers are required to take an on-arrival polymerase chain reaction test and undergo quarantine for five days.

Given the demand, several airlines are again operating direct flights from Australian cities to the resort island. The latest was AirAsia which resumed its Perth to Bali flight route on Sunday.Mr Tjokorda Bagus Pemayun, chief of the Bali Tourism Agency said the decision by Jakarta to ease the testing regime will make Bali an attractive destination for Australian tourists.

Around 80 per cent of Bali’s economy relies directly or indirectly on tourism. The drastic drop in the number of tourists has cost the jobs of at least 75,000 workers who had been either laid off or forced to take unpaid leave, according to Bali’s manpower agency.Mr Pemayun said he is confident that the relaxation will not result in a spike in the COVID-19 caseload.

 

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