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No. 265 / 17 Jun - 24 June 2022
Let’s add more countries to VOA list, Bali’s tourism association says same period in 2019 – before the pandemic. Currently, 72 nationalities are eligible for VOA entry to Indonesia. The VOA program was suspended since the onset of the pandemic, but it had been reactivated since Bali reopened to international tourism late last year. The list of eligible nationalities is sporadically updated. Separately, Bali Governor Wayan Koster said the island’s tourist spike has not negatively influenced COVID-19 management on the island. Citing official data, he said that as of Monday, the average reported cases per day remained between 15 to 30 people.
As more and more sun-seekers are flocking to the Island of Gods in the past few months, Bali’s hotels and restaurants’ association has suggested the government to expand the visa on arrival (VOA) eligibility list, which now stands at 72 nationalities, back to its pre-pandemic number.
immediate return to the island’s heyday. “The more [countries on the VOA list,] the merrier. And we hope that it can go back like in the beginning, with 168 nationalities [eligible for VOA],” said Suryawijaya.
The Bali chapter of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) via its deputy Bali’s PHRI said the island is seeing an I Gusti Ngurah Rai Suryawijaya said today increase of up to 50 percent in the number that tourism businesses are expecting an of tourist arrivals this year compared to the
Koster added that in May alone, 539 international flights operated by 19 different airlines arrived in Bali, carrying 129,920 passengers. That averaged to 4,191 international arrivals per day. From June 1 to June 13, that average has risen to 5,905 people. “If we look at the average per day of international visitors from May to the middle of June, the increase is 41 percent,” he said. (Coconuts.co)
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Citilink 2X Weekly Flights Denpasar – Dili For June through 12 June 2022, Bali’s Airport served 126,356 international passengers at an average of 10,529 passengers per day. For the previous month of May, Bali handled 109,118 international passengers. Ngurah Rai International Airport recorded a post-pandemic record of 1,006,662 domestic and international passengers for May 2022. Continuing, Handy commented: “The number of international air passengers at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport continues to increase, in keeping with the (increasing) number of (international) routes being resumed. As the airport operator, we are very enthusiastic about this development.”
The State News Agency Antara reports that Citilink Indonesia – the low-cost subsidiary of Garuda Indonesia, has recommenced flights connecting Bali and Dili, Timor Leste. The General Manager of Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport, Handy Heryudhitiawan, said: “The return of the Denpasar-Dili route will positively affect both Indonesia and Timor-Leste, accelerating the revivals of the tourism sector in both countries.”
Initially, the Bali-Dili flights by Citilink will operate every Monday and Friday, departing Denpasar at 9:25 am and landing in Dili at 12:20 pm local times. The return leg using Airbus A320 aircraft will depart Dili at 1:20 pm. The resumption of the Bali-Dili service by Citilink brings to 20 destinations served on direct flights from Bali in 11 countries, flown by 19 airlines.
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The CEO of Citilink Indonesia, Dewa Kadek Rai, welcomes the restart of the Bali to Dili air service that will support business and tourism travel. Adding: “We hope that the new service will become a new beginning for the recommencement of Citilink’s international flight network, contributing to the recovery of the general economy and international tourism.”I (balidiscovery.com.)
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