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Travel bubble to open for vaccinated tourists
Travel bubble to reopen Bali for vaccinated foreigners could be launched in the near future says Sandiaga Uno when visiting Pandawa beach on Thursday 11/02/2021. The Minister of Tourism Sandiaga Uno discussing the proposal to the Ministries and Regional Governments through a special scheme entering the final stage at the Central Government.
- Minister of Tourism Sandiaga Uno visited Bali again, on Thursday (11/2/2021). ( Media Imam Rosidin)
Around March 2021 their will be another meeting between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health, the Covid-19 Task Force, Ministry of Law and also the Regional Government says Sandi. The implementing of the travel bubble will also take the daily Covid-19 cases into account and when the figures are stable we can pilot this travel bubble project according Sandi.
The Travel Bubble will later allow foreigners who have been vaccinated in their home countries to travel to Bali. The concept will the still applying health protocols when foreigners arrive in Bali and they still have to undergo rapid antigen test. The vaccination process in Bali will continue to be accelerate to have of 1.2 million employees vaccinated in the tourism sector and will be able to grow and raise the public confidence in Bali according Sandi. International tourism in Bali is closed since the Covid-19 pandemic have indeed been closed with only 1,050,505 foreigners visited Bali in 2020.
Travel bubble to reopen Bali
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Bali only reopening for visa holders
Bali finally opens borders for visa holders after official announcement has been published in circular letter by the Indonesian immigration services on Wednesday 11/02/2021.
In connection with the issuance of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Circular Number 8 of 2021
dated February 9, 2021 concerning International Travel Health Protocol during the Corona Virus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic, it is hereby conveyed as follows:
1. The Circular of the Task Force for Handling COVID-19 Number 8 of 2021 states that the
provisions of the foreigners traffic entering Indonesian territory are guided by the Regulation of
the Minister of Law and Human Rights Number 26 of 2020 concerning Visas and Stay Permits
in the New Habit Adaptation Period as stated in letter F number 2 (a);
2. Administrative requirements and exemptions for foreigners who can enter Indonesian territory:
a. Administrative requirements for submitting eVisa:
1) does not require RT-PCR results;
2) foreigners are required to submit a statement letter that they are willing to cover the
treatment cost independently if being exposed to COVID-19 while in Indonesia.
b. Exceptions from the restrictions on foreigners who can enter Indonesian territory:
1) valid KITAS and KITAP holders;
2) Foreigners who already have eVisa;
3) Medical assistance and support, food and humanitarian reasons;
4) The crew of the conveyance; and
5) Foreigners who will work on vital strategic projects, national vital objects, national
strategic projects, provisions of number 3, number 4 and point 5 can be given based on the
recommendation from the related technical ministries / institutions;
3. Foreigners who have extended their Visit Stay Permit 4 (four) times and do not exceed 180
(one hundred and eighty) days and holders of Limited Stay Permits who cannot extend their
Residence Permits in accordance with statutory regulations are required to apply for a new
Stay Permit by applying for a Visa onshore;
4. To apply for an onshore Visa before the expiration of recent Stay Permit;
5. The validity period of the new Stay Permit originating from the onshore Visa is calculated
based on the onshore Visa approval date, without calculating the previous Stay Permit
expiration date with the onshore Visa approval as an overstay period (exceeding the Stay
Permit deadline);
6. With the validity of this confirmation letter, the circular number IMI-GR.01.01-0210 dated
January 26, 2021 concerning Confirmation and Extension of the Circular of the Director
General of Immigration Number IMI-0103.GR.01.01 Year 2021 is declared to remain valid.
7. In certain circumstances, the Minister based on his authority can issue other policies related to
immigration facilities as long as they provide general benefits and national economic recovery.
Bali finally opens borders
Australian hospitalized surfer photographer passed away
Australian hospitalised photographer dies in Bali after contracting an infection in his neck which saw his weight plummet by 32kgs in six weeks. Brad Masters went to Siloam Hospital in Denpasar on Christmas Day 25/12/2020 after complaining about a swollen gland in his jaw.The father-of-one, who is originally from Fremantle in Perth, was using antibiotics to treat pneumonia just weeks earlier, but his partner Trish Kincaid said his neck was ‘scarlet and bigger than his head’ by December 25 th 2020. 
Surgeons tried for four weeks to remove the widespread infection but, when the 41-year-old caught a superbug in hospital, he was placed in an induced coma and on life support.Early on Sunday, Mr Masters died in hospital. Brad Masters was a professional surfing and snowboarding photographer who lived in Bali prior to his death Mr Masters’ parents Biba and Russell were unable to fly to see him due to coronavirus border closures.
His shattered family spoke of their loss, explaining they would miss him ‘every second of every day’
Mr Masters was complaining of neck pain on Christmas Day and went to hospital
Brad Masters was a known surfing photographer and had been featured in international publications
The thrill-seeker was known to travel the world looking for the best swells and had amassed an enormous following picturing the likes of Kelly Slater in the water.Slater and Mick Fanning are among dozens of mourners who have paid tribute to the photographer.
It is not clear how Mr Masters first came to be unwell in the lead up to Christmas. The weightlifter weighed a healthy 90kgs in late 2020, but Ms Kincaid said this plummeted to just 58kg while he was in hospital. Ms Kincaid said the doting dad’s antibiotics were constantly changing after the bug spread to his lungs and he got pneumonia. The abscess on his neck almost killed him,’ the model previously said. He was transferred to another hospital and put on a ventilator for three weeks while doctors tried to remove more infection, but the pneumonia came back after the third operation.Brad was then put back on to the ventilator and life support machines under controlled sedation,’ she said.Doctors were eventually able to clear the infected areas and close the wound on his neck before his condition deteriorated again.
A fundraiser set up to help cover the costs of Mr Masters medical bills will stay active given the family still have a hefty sum to pay. His treatment was not covered by his insurance, his devastated family explained. Apparently [the neck infection] is one of the few infections not covered under the policy,’ Ms Kincaid said. The medical cost for his treatment is in excess of $75,000 and increasing daily by $3,500.’
His family were unable to be by his side in his final weeks due to Covid-19 border restrictions.
The medical cost for his treatment is in excess of $75,000 and increasing daily by $3,500,’ Ms Kincaid wrote on the fundraiser page prior to his death.
Australian hospitalised photographer dies
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Mount Raung Volcanic Ash affected flights at Bali Airport
Mount Raung Volcanic Ash reached Bali in Karangasem and affected Denpasar Airport with 4 cancelled flights on Wednesday 10/02/2021. Volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Raung in Banyuwangi, ( East Java ) reached a number of areas in Bali. A number of residents in the Karangasem area had reported volcanic ash around their house. The ash was very thin and immediately disappeared because of the rain and did not spread. Residents reported that a number of ashes were seen sticking to the leaves, cars and roof tiles of their houses. The volcanic ash did not interfere with the residents activities.
Bali Airport flights cancelled
Bali Airport confirmed that the volcanic ash had no effect on the airport activities in general, but four flights to and from Bali were canceled due to volcanic ash on Tuesday 09/02/2021. The canceled flights were two departures on the Bali-Lombok-Banyuwangi route and two arrivals on the Banyuwangi-Lombok-Bali route. The flight was canceled because the airport in Banyuwangi was closed. There are currently no reports of other cancelled flights.
The BMKG Denpasar Weather Forecast could see from satellite views that the Mount Raung's volcanic ash reached Bali by wind in western Buleleng ,Jembrana , North Tabanan, North Badung, and North Bangli on Wednesday (10/2/2021) at 12.00 H.
Mount Raung Volcanic Ash
Source : https://regional.kompas.com/
Renewable five years visa planned for wealthy tourists
Renewable five years visa concept are discussed by the Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno along with Law a Minister Yasonna Laoly on Tuesday, February 9 th 2021. He explained that the policy was expected to increase the tourism quality in terms of the length of stay and tourists’ spending that could boost the people’s economy. Moreover, he added, there are 1 billion potential tourists aged over 60 years with an income of more than US$1.5 trillion. The visa policy would be prepared by considering the current trends. Indonesia, the minister went on, was eyeing business people and foreign tourists who visit the country for 3-4 months during the winter season in their home country. The plan was also prepared for foreign nationals who work from Bali and digital nomads or other long term permits.
He reiterated that the long-term visa under the second home concept would require several conditions, such as foreign tourists must deposit Rp2 billion per individual or Rp2.5 billion per family.The long-term visa policy plan, Sandiaga Uno underlined, was in line with the government's preparation to open the travel bubble and the ASEAN Travel Corridor. Some of the entrance gates prepared are Bali, Batam, and Bintan ,
Renewable five years visa
Source : https://en.tempo.co/
British cop killer freed from Bali jail
British police killer freed from Kerobokan prison on Thursday 11/02/2021 after more than four years for beating an Indonesian policeman to death in Bali. David Taylor is expected to be deported back to the United Kingdom after leaving Kerobokan prison.
- Taylor and his former girlfriend, Sara Connor, who was released from prison last year, were convicted in 2017 of fatally assaulting officer Wayan Sudarsa, whose battered body was found on Kuta Beach the previous year.Sudarsa's blood-soaked body was covered with dozens of wounds on his neck, chest and head.Taylor was given a six-year prison term while Connor got five years.
Both received reductions in their original sentences, which is common for prisoners in Indonesia.Taylor, a former DJ whose stage name was DJ Nutzo, had admitted getting into a fight with Sudarsa on the beach after accusing the officer of stealing Connor's handbag, hitting him with items including binoculars and a beer bottle.At the trial, Taylor claimed that he had feared for his life and acted in self-defence during the late-night brawl.Connor, a mother-of-two, maintained her innocence, insisting she only intervened to try to break up the fight.This claim was rejected by a Bali court, who said she held down the victim as Taylor beat him.
- A 2017 photo shows British national David Taylor (right) during a court hearing in Denpasar.PHOTO: AFP
The pair fled the scene but Connor's driving licence and ATM card were found next to the body. After police launched a massive manhunt for the couple, they took refuge in the Australian consulate in Bali but later handed themselves over to local authorities. At trial, prosecutors said the pair, who were tried separately, should not be convicted of murder because they did not intend to kill the officer.
British police killer freed
Source : https://www.thestar.com.my/
New underwater diving spot in Nusa Dua
Nusa Dua newest underwater tourist spot for divers to observe the Garuda statue or similar objects can be visited on 4 other locations in Pandawa, Sanur, Serangan and Buleleng.
Nusa Dua Reef Foundation is proud to have completed 750's underwater statues for ICRG-PEN in Nusa Dua last December 2020. All statues, with themes of Garu da Nusantara (140), Kecak Dance (305) and Covid Alert (305) have installed in 3 Block locations around Nusa Dua and other diving spots in Bali.
The underwater statues to be artificial reefs that attract marine species including corals, fishes, sponge, hydroid and algae, which can support marine ecosystem and quickly become a new diving spot.
Nusa Dua Reef Foundation is established in 2010 with the vision to create multi-stakeholder concerns to conserve coral reefs of the world, especially Bali island and to reduce the climate change impacts on coral reefs. We are committed to protect the coral reefs in Bali, especially Nusa Dua and seek national and international stakeholders involve in actions to conserve coral reef and reduce climate change impacts on coral reefs. After developing the underwater coral gardens in Bali from October untill December 2020, the Ministry of Marine Affairs and partners also placed items in the waters of Gili Meno, North Lombok with the support of the West Nusa Tenggara Dive Community .The design theme of the Garuda statue equipped with a fish dome and other structures involved more than 10 thousand people and produced artificial reef structures of many more items.
According Tb. Haeru Rahayu, this is created to support the vision and mission as a community who cares about the sustainability of the marine and coastal ecosystems and the development of marine tourism.
Meanwhile, Director of Marine Services Miftahul Huda added that the ICRG Bali replication shows that ICRG carries a positive message for the preservation of coral ecosystems, new marine tourism attractions and the impact on increasing people's income during the pandemic.
Miftahul Huda Director of Marine Services Miftahul Huda highlighted the fact that the tourist attraction of the Garuda statue in North Lombok attracting many tourists who want to make a selfie and the location is now set to revive new tourism activities in North Lombok.
Nusa Dua newest underwater tourist attraction
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Only 1 million foreign tourists visited Bali last year
One million foreign tourists visited Bali in 2020, the lowest for the last 10 years and 83 % decreased compared with 2019. Mostly tourist came during 2020 from China ( 11.14 % , (2 ) India (6.41 %), 3 ) Russia (5.39 %), 4 ) Japan (4.58 %), 5 ) US (4.47 %), 6 ) UK (4.43 %), 7 ) South Korea (4, 04 %), Malaysia (2.94 %), France (2.79 %) and Germany (2.75 %). The Chinese tourists recorded also the biggest decline, compared with previous year with 90.13 %
One million foreign tourists
Source : https://bali.bisnis.com/
61 Bali hotels for sale in all across the islands
60 hotels for sale across the islands due the 5/7 % low occupancy rate and difficulties of repayment bank loans. According Rai Suryawijaya the chairman of the Association of Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants in the Badung area only 27 hotels been for sale before the Covid-19 pandemic.This has been recently increased to 60 hotels spread across the Island. He explained that the sale of these hotels was due to the very low occupancy rates of aprox 5 rooms ( 5 / 7 % ) and unable to pay obligations to the bank to repay the loan, even though the banks given relaxation for their outstanding payments. More hotels will be listed for sale if f the Covid-19 pandemic is not over soon and other will facing bankruptcy.
He also said that so that not many hotels in Bali have been sold and his party had proposed the government to provide soft loans to the hotel owners. The high losses in the tourism sector in Bali since the Covid-19 pandemic has reached aprox IDR 10 trillion per month what makes it for the hotel owners very hard to survive and are not able to finance the maintenance and operation charges
60 hotels for sale in Bali
Source : https://www.merdeka.com/
Bali open soon for vaccinated foreign tourists
Foreign tourists with vaccination from their home country will be allowed to travel to Bali according the plan of Sandiaga Uno, the Minister of Tourism. Sandiaga has prepared 3 short-term steps to revive Bali tourism and the creative economy which has been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The first step, he continues to encourage and be more active in pursuing a soft loan assistance program of IDR 9.9 trillion as of the locomotive of tourism and creative economy in Bali. This program can provide fresh blood as for now the “cash is king” said Sandi. According to him, as quoted from NusaBali News, tourism as the locomotive of the Balinese economy has practically stopped. How can we turn on this economic-engine so this locomotive keeps running, he explained.
Sandiaga will push this within the framework of the National Economic / Recovery Program (PEN). I am afraid this locomotive (tourism) will be permanently damaged If no aid, said Sandi while mentioning that IDR 9.9 t of funds were used to maintain the locomotive so that it could be prepared for its revival. Early in 2021, his party had met with Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani regarding IDR 9.9 trillion funds. And after returning from Bali later, his party will meet with the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto as well.
The second step is the Covid-19 affirmation. In this case, Bali is expected to receive special attention in terms of the Covid-19 vaccine. Referring to the economic condition of Bali which reached minus 12.28 percent in the third quarter of 2020. Now Bali is a child in a poor condition. Bali, which has been supporting 55 percent of Indonesia’s tourism and creative economy, should receive special attention about vaccines.
The third step is the Free Covid-19 Corridor (FCC). According to Sandiaga, the plan is that those who have received the Covid-19 vaccine in their home country will be allowed to enter Bali. And when they arrive in Bali, they just do an antigen rapid test so after that they are free to do tourism activities in Bali because they were already free of Covid-19.
Foreign tourists with vaccination
Source https://www.nusabali.com/
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