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Jetstar ground staff welcome passengers to Bali on March 4, 2022 to mark the airline operator's first flight to the popular holiday destination after a break of more than two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.(Jetstar/-) News Desk (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Fri, March 4, 2022 Jetstar Asia has resumed flight services between Singapore and Denpasar in Bali after a break of more than two years, as...

by Indonesia Expat - February 24, 2022 Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno and Bali Governor Wayan Koster have agreed to reinstate a visa on arrival (VoA) and remove quarantine for foreign tourists entering Bali. “The Governor and I agree that we will both push for a visa on arrival,” said Uno in an audio recording received by Detikcom from the Tourism and Creative Ministry’s Public...

Travelers walk through the international arrivals hall at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Tuban near 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) Bali began a tentative re-opening to foreign tourists on Wednesday with the first international passenger flight to the Indonesian holiday island in nearly...

Three days of official testing await as the premier class arrive on Lombok for their first taste of Pertamina Mandalika Circuit Tags MotoGP, 2022, MANDALIKA MOTOGP™ OFFICIAL TEST After the Shakedown Test and the two-day Sepang Test in Malaysia, the paddock is back on the road and heading for the island of Lombok in Indonesia. The FIM MotoGP™ World Championship returns to the country for the first time...

Workers pack up the parasols to close the beach as Indonesia imposes emergency measures, tightening restrictions in Java and Bali as Covid-19 cases surge, in Seminyak, Bali, Indonesia, on July 3, 2021. - REUTERS FILE PIC By Reuters - January 31, 2022 @ 10:41pm JAKARTA: Indonesia's holiday island of Bali will start welcoming back travellers from all countries from later this week, officials said on Monday,...

Translator: Ricky Mohammad Nugraha Editor: Laila Afifa 26 January 2022 19:38 WIB TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria on Wednesday said the capital city’s high vaccination rate against Covid-19 is the main reason the central government decided to move two G20 meetings to Jakarta from the initial location in Bali. The agendas that will be moved to Jakarta are the 2nd finance and...

Tourists walk along Berawa Beach in Badung, Bali, on June 19, 2020.(Antara/Nyoman Hendra Wibowo) Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Tue, January 18, 2022 Bali’s tourist sector has been relying on domestic travelers since the government closed the borders at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but this approach has not been enough to support the industry, especially accommodation...

A commercial airplane takes off at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali in this undated photograph.(The Jakarta Post/Zul Trio Anggono) Divya Karyza (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Wed, January 5, 2022 A new airport in Bali’s East Buleleng regency is expected to be finished by 2024. The construction is about to commence after PT BIBU Panji Sakti signed on Dec. 29 a memorandum of understanding...

THE STRAIT TIMES | Wednesday January 5, 2022 People taking part in a "water fight" festival in Bali, Indonesia, which is held to strengthen bonds and is believed to "clean" their souls. The Suwat Water Festival is an annual tradition held in Suwat village, Gianyar. Water is an important marker in welcoming the year as it is seen as an element that can purify itself. The water war is also a symbol of...

Masrur Jamaluddin and Lilit Marcus, CNN • Updated 16th December 2021 Hong Kong/Jakarta (CNN) — Destinations around the world have faced significant tourist reductions amid the coronavirus pandemic. But few have taken a harder hit than Bali, the Indonesian island long beloved of global travelers. Due to strict border control measures and a closed airport, Bali went from receiving millions of...