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The Indonesian tourism sector hoped to reap benefits from the G20 summit and the Global Tourism Forum Annual Meeting to be held in Bali in November.

Floods in Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali have so far left five people dead and forced many others to evacuate to safer areas.

The ASEAN Navy Chief Meeting (ANCM) 2022 is scheduled to be held in Bali, Indonesia on August 22, said Indonesian Naval Chief of Staff Admiral Yudo Margono.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi held a bilateral meeting with her Indian counterpart on July 7 on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting Bali.

The Indonesian Government has extended the visa on arrival (VoA) programme for international travellers from 42 countries arriving at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali province.

Indonesian Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said on March 11 that he expects around 1.8 to 3.6 million foreign tourists to visit Indonesia this year if the number of COVID-19 cases in the country declines significantly.

The Indonesian Law and Human Rights Ministry Directorate General of Immigration has reintroduced the visa on arrival option for tourists from 23 countries, including Vietnam, arriving in Bali as of March 7.

Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (CDC) has urged more than 2 million elderly people to get COVID-19 shots before the Songkran festival as infections may soar during the festive period.

The Indonesian government will conduct quarantine-free on a trial basis for travellers who want to vacation in Bali from March 14 under certain conditions, a senior minister has said.

Indonesia’s State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I (AP I) has received applications from three international airline companies to resume flights to I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali this March.

Indonesia will shorten mandatory quarantine time to five days from the previous seven for arrivals from February 4, in an effort to bolster tourism, especially in Bali resort island.

A court in Indonesia on January 19 sentenced a prominent member of an Indonesian militant group blamed for the deadly 2002 Bali bombings to 15 years in prison.

Bali, the famous “resort paradise” of Indonesia, will have one more international airport in 2024 which will be located at Kubutambahan coast, Buleleng district, along with the current Ngurah Rai Airport which is operating in the southern part of the island.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has expressed his hope that construction of the Bali International Hospital in Denpasar city, Bali will make the province a health tourism destination.

Governor of Indonesia’s Bali province Wayan Koster has held a bilateral meeting with the Republic of Korea’s Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Yoon Sung-won to discuss a plan to develop rail infrastructure in Bali.

Indonesia have extended ongoing public activity restrictions (PPKM) at level 1-4 outside Java and Bali for two weeks from November 9 to 22.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang visited Bali on October 28 and 29 to exchange experience with local authorities in adapting and living with the COVID-19 pandemic, reopening the economy, and promoting trade, investment and tourism cooperation between the two countries.

Indonesia will remove permission for the entry of nationals from 19 countries that do not open their doors to Indonesian tourists, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, has said.

The Lao Ministry of Health announced that in the past 24 hours, the country recorded 307 new COVID-19 cases, including 301 community infections.

Indonesia has extended the public activity restriction policy, locally known as PPKM, in Java and Bali, which was previously set to end on September 20.