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Immigration issues new policy with adjusted visa, permit processes and fees

Inforial (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Fri, May 13, 2022 The Directorate General of Immigration, through the Directorate of Immigration Stay Permits (Ditintalkim), held the virtual Immigration Stay Permit Services Publicization event on Tuesday (10/05/2022). The event discussed the various adjustments made to stay permit extensions and fees in line with Law and Human Rights Ministry Regulation...

Emirates resume direct flights to Bali

An Emirates Boeing 777-31H aircraft takes off from Dubai International Airport on April 6, 2020.(AFP/Karim Sahib) (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Sat, May 7 2022 Emirates airline has resumed serving direct international flights to Bali after Indonesia eased the COVID-19 travel restrictions it imposed in 2020. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag carrier said in a press release on Tuesday that flight EK398,...

To develop tech-based economy, Indonesia needs more ‘technopolises’

Deep in concentration, (left to right) Anindya Bakrie, Pandu Sjahrir, Elon Musk, Rosan Roeslani and Luhut Pandjaitan meet to discuss investment in Indonesia, in Texas, the United States, on April 27, 2022. (Instagram of Anindya Bakrie/.) Ari Margiono (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Sat, April 30, 2022 Indonesian Coordinating Maritime and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan recently met with United...

Australia Bali flight price war set to kick start tourism as Bali airport opens longer hours

Image: Bali Airport already getting busy. Credit: Stock ST. By editor Posted April 6, 2022 In Business, News, Tourism With the number of passengers using Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in March increasing by 56 percent compared to February and demand for Bali holidays soaring, state airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I has announced the extension of operating hours at the airport will go...

Easter: Seeking hope, peace in ominous times

Easter mood: A student decorates an Easter egg at the Widya Tama school for children with special needs in Surabaya, East Java, on April 14, 2022. (Antara/Patrik Cahyo Lumintu) Aloys Budi Purnomo (The Jakarta Post) Semarang ● Sat, April 16, 2022 Christians celebrate Easter in the midst of the complexity of the problems of human life and the ecological crisis that has befallen the Earth. It is no...

Direct Perth to Bali flights resume, but the island is not as tourists will remember

Direct Perth to Bali flights resume on Friday. By Heather McNeill April 8, 2022 — 6.18am Direct flights between Perth and Bali resumed on Friday morning, with Jetstar carrying the first plane-load of West Australians to the popular holiday island for the first time in two years. Before the pandemic, Bali was Western Australia’s most popular international destination, and third most popular destination...

Indonesia leads first G20 health meeting with discussion on global vaccine certificates

Inforial (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Fri, April 1, 2022 At the first meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) Health Working Group (HWG 1), which was held in a hybrid format from March 28 to 29 in Yogyakarta, the Health Ministry led discussions on setting a global standard for health protocols to promote safer and more convenient international travel. Indonesia not only called for the standardization of digital...

Indonesia relaxes more curbs, lifts quarantine for fully vaccinated foreign arrivals

Travelers walk through the international arrivals hall at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, on Feb. 16, 2022, after a Singapore Airlines flight arrived following a nearly two-year break due to COVID-19.(AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka) Dio Suhenda and Divya Karyza (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Wed, March 23, 2022 The government further eased restrictions in many areas in Java and Bali and waived...

Motorcyle-mad Indonesia revs up for first GP in 25 years

Aerial view of Mandalika MotoGP circuit in February 2022.(Courtesy of Kemenparekraf/-) Lucie Godeau and Agnes Anya (Agence France-Presse) (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Thu, March 17 2022 Indonesia hosts its first motorcycle grand prix in 25 years on Sunday, confident that concerns surrounding the new track will be forgotten once racing begins in front of a sell-out crowd. The nation is motorbike mad...

Quarantine-Free Bali Puts Indonesia On Track for Broad Reopening

A traveler pushes a cart upon arrival at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali on March 7.Photographer: Putu Sayoga/Bloomberg ByEko Listiyorini March 10, 2022, 1:40 PM GMT+8 An ongoing trial in Bali to let international visitors enter without quarantine is boding well for a broader reopening of Indonesia’s borders, said a senior minister. “We see the Covid situation is improving,” said Luhut...

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