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Indonesia relaxes more curbs, lifts quarantine for fully vaccinated foreign arrivals

Dio Suhenda and Divya Karyza (The Jakarta Post)
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Wed, March 23, 2022

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Indonesia relaxes more curbs, lifts quarantine for fully vaccinated foreign arrivals Travelers walk through the international arrivals hall at Ngurah Rai International Airport in 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)

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he government further eased restrictions in many areas in Java and Bali and waived quarantine for all fully vaccinated foreign arrivals entering the country starting on Tuesday, as daily coronavirus cases have dropped more than 90 percent from a mid-February peak.

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno said the new travel policy was expected to help revive the country’s tourism industry and create new economic opportunities for locals.

“The quarantine-free international entry policy will be expanded throughout Indonesia, requiring only entry PCR tests,” he said during a weekly press briefing on Monday.

The decision was made after the government completed a two-week trial of quarantine-free international travel to Bali, Batam and Bintan. The results of the trial showed a “very low” positivity rate and a declining COVID-19 reproduction number, according to Sandiaga.

The country has gradually relaxed its travel restrictions, most recently by allowing domestic travelers to board flights without presenting negative test results.

It will also expand its Bali visa-on-arrival program to 42 countries, according to Sandiaga, without specifying the countries that would be added to the list.

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