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Indonesia cancels ‘travel bubble’ with Singapore

Governor of Indonesia’s Riau Islands Ansar Ahmad said the “travel bubble” scheme with Singapore, initially slated for October 2021, has been cancelled following a surge in COVID-19 cases in the nearby city-state.
Indonesia cancels ‘travel bubble’ with Singapore ảnh 1The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected the tourism industry of Indonesia (Photo: Getty Images)
Jakarta (VNA)– Governor of Indonesia’s Riau Islands Ansar Ahmad said the “travel bubble”scheme with Singapore, initially slated for October 2021, has been cancelledfollowing a surge in COVID-19 cases in the nearby city-state.

The Antara news agencycited Ahmad as stating on October 6 that the Riau Islands administration islooking to attract domestic tourists to the province pending the centralgovernment’s decision to resume the travel bubble scheme between the provinceand Singapore in the future.

The provincialgovernment has sent an official letter to the Home Affairs Ministry and theNational Disaster Mitigation Agency, proposing relaxation on the COVID-19 testcertificate requirement to perform inter-province trips.

The governor saidtourism spots in Riau Islands have been reopened following an improvement inthe activities restriction enforcement ranking (PPKM) to Level 1.

He ensured that localtourism areas have implemented strict health protocols to guarantee visitors’safety and health and also prevent the surfacing of COVID-19 infectionclusters.

On October 4, the Indonesian Government declared that thecountry will reopen to tourists from six countries, namely the Republic ofKorea, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and New Zealand, to Bali fromOctober 14./.
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