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Tested and testy: Indonesians out for ‘revenge travel’
The nation’s appetite for “revenge travel”, the slew of visits and vacations planned to make up for more than a year of mobility restrictions, has health experts concerned.
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Visitors are admitted to a shopping mall after being screened and labeled with either green or yellow bar codes. The government is using the PeduliLindungi app to screen people in public spaces in an attempt to curb COVID-19. (Kompas.com/Garry Lotulung)
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ntonius Cahyadi, 51, had just arrived home in South Tangerang after a two-week holiday on the resort island of Bali, which he had been planning since early this year.
The private sector employee said he was glad to have taken his family on vacation, despite the shadow of COVID-19. The family was fully vaccinated, although he and his mother have comorbidities that could make them vulnerable if they suffer a breakout case of the virus.
It was the first trip Antonius had taken since the start of the pandemic, and it was almost canceled because of the nationwide Delta variant-fueled case surge in June.
“Of course I was worried about COVID-19. But thankfully, the health protocols at every hotel and place we visited were adequate,” he told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
Closer to the capital, the National Police have noted a drastic increase in traffic entering Puncak, a popular tourist area in Bogor regency, and Bandung over the past few weekends. Both are popular destinations for residents of Jakarta, which is situated several dozen kilometers to the north.
Patrick, another private sector worker from South Tangerang, who asked to use a pseudonym, said he was hoping to take a vacation to Bandung soon.
Patrick said he had been stressed out over the past weeks and felt constantly overwhelmed by work deadlines.
