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View all search resultsIndonesia and Malaysia have imposed some of the strictest entry procedures in Asia to try to contain COVID-19 outbreaks and keep new variants at bay, but the restrictions have battered their tourism sectors.
The government has lifted its travel ban on countries with severe COVID-19 transmission and reduced the length of mandatory quarantine to just a week, according to new regulations issued on Wednesday, allowing international arrivals to resume despite rising infection numbers.
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.
After more than a year of setbacks and false starts, Bali’s international airport was poised on Wednesday to reopen to the foreign tourists on whom the island’s economy depends, but on the eve of the policy shift, technical details remained unresolved, last-minute regulatory changes loomed and skepticism abounded.
Emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat), which include tighter travel checks and road closures, have been in place across Java and Bali since Saturday, and authorities say the first two days have gone well.
Indonesia will stop issuing visas for Indian nationals and foreigners who have visited India within the past 14 days starting Sunday after health authorities confirm COVID-19 cases among passengers from the South Asian country.
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