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More international routes to Bali to open in March
Bali is moving ahead with restoring tourism as three more airlines reportedly plan to offer direct flights next month.
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Travelers walk through the international arrivals hall at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Tuban near Denpasar, Bali, on Feb. 16, after a Singapore Airlines flight arrived following a nearly two-year break due to COVID-19. (AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka)
Bali is moving ahead with restoring tourism as three more airlines reportedly plan to offer direct flights next month.
Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said on Monday that Netherlands-based KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Singapore-based low-cost carrier Scoot Tigerair and Australia’s Jet Star airways will each serve between three and four flights a week to Denpasar, Bali.
Singapore Airlines became the first foreign airline to restart direct flights to Bali as it reopened its route to the island on Feb. 3. Up until Feb. 18, 639 passengers had arrived on flights to Bali so far this month, with Singapore Airlines contributing 462 of the total.
“This is good news showing the rise of our economy. Tourism and traffic [are] recovering,” Sandiaga told reporters during a weekly press briefing.
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The news comes after the government cut the mandatory quarantine for foreign travelers from five to three days in a rule that became effective on Feb. 14. The government has announced plans to do away with the travel quarantine altogether in April, on the assumption that the coronavirus pandemic is kept under control.
In an arrangement referred to as “warm-up vacations”, some hotels in Bali are also allowing tourists to spend the quarantine on the premises of the resort rather than being confined to their room.
