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Known for its surfing, temples, waterfalls and nightlife, Bali drew 6.2 million foreign visitors in 2019, the year before COVID-19 struck. But only a trickle of visitors have returned since Bali started opening up to foreign tourists last October, discouraged by the need to quarantine and other rules.
As Indonesia is in the grip of a Omicron wave, maintaining quarantine for all international travelers, regardless of whether they are infected or not, could be doing more harm than good for the country's future investments and economic recovery.
Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan also told a news conference that the period of time for coronavirus quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers into Indonesia had been shortened from seven to five days.
The city government says the carrier faces possible legal action over an outbreak of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus that began with two aircrew breaking home quarantine rules and has forced a tightening of social distancing measures.
Experts have called for the government to batten down the hatches against Omicron to prevent community transmission as the nation’s caseload nearly doubles, mostly as a result of international travel.
The government is expanding quarantine facilities for international flight passengers arriving into the country in anticipation of an uptick in arrivals during the year-end holiday period.
