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Bali requests endemic status to boost tourism
The Bali administration has requested that the central government give Bali a COVID-19 endemic status to boost tourism
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Musicians perform onstage at the 2022 Joyland Bali music festival on March 26. (Courtesy of Joyland Bali/@fotokonser and @nareend)
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he Bali administration has requested that the central government give Bali a COVID-19 endemic status to boost tourism.
“I ask you to please determine the endemic status for Bali to accelerate the recovery of Bali's tourism and economy,” Bali Governor Wayan Koster wrote in an official letter signed on Tuesday and to the health minister.
Koster emphasized that Bali tourism and economic recovery were urgent as Bali had been facing its deepest slump for more than two years.
The governor said Bali deserved the endemic status as the number of COVID-19 cases had decreased significantly.
“The number of new cases is stable at 10 to 20 cases per day, the positivity rate is always under 2 percent, the cumulative cured rate reached 97 percent and the death rate is close to zero,” Koster said, adding that 70 percent of Bali residents had gotten their booster vaccination.
He further emphasized that the number of cases had decreased even though many public events were being held across the resort island, including two international meetings, as well as many religious and cultural events.
In March, Bali hosted the 114th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly and Related Meetings, which were attended by delegates from 115 countries. Bali also hosted the Conference of Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4), attended by delegates from 135 countries.
