TRAVEL NEWS – May 14, 2021: Indonesian President Jokowi announced in March this year that Bali closed until April 2022 would stay for tourists. The president came back to that shortly afterwards. Shortly afterwards, the president announced that Bali will still open to tourists in July this year, for a select number of countries. The only question was, which countries? More clarity has now been provided about this in mid-May. The Netherlands belongs to a select group of countries that may be allowed in Bali again in July.
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UPDATE 24 May 2021: Bali is still on track to open to tourists in June/July. We've updated the original news item. Read: Bali still open to tourists in July 2021 .
Travel bubbles with a select group of countries
Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said travel bubbles will be offered to countries that can control the spread of the virus, have high vaccination coverage and provide mutual benefits to the country.
The minister said the country is in talks with Singapore, China, South Korea, The Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates about possible relaxations that will allow their residents to visit some areas of Bali, also known as 'green zones'.
Ukraine and . have also Poland reportedly expressed their interest in joining the travel bubble agreement that guarantees a number of visitors via charter flights.
“Vaccination is going on soon in Bali. The reopening of tourism will be relaunched when at least two million residents have been vaccinated.” Said the minister, who thinks this could be a reality by mid-July.
Also read: Travel advice update: these countries will go green or yellow again as of May 15
More clarity at the end of May
The Indonesian president has indicated that he will closely monitor the vaccination situation and infection rate in Bali and that he will provide a definitive answer at the end of this month. Other factors also play a role, such as the vaccination situation and infection rate in the countries that are now on the list for possible admission to Bali.
Now that the Netherlands is catching up with vaccinations in the country, we hope that the number of infections will slowly decrease so that people can finally travel to beautiful Bali again this summer.
Source: The Bangkok Post
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