Popular long-distance travel destination opens borders for tourists - also for Germans
Created: 02/04/2022, 12:50 p.m
By: Franziska Kaindl
The holiday island of Bali wants to welcome foreign guests again from February 4th.
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Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, the island of Bali has not received any foreign holidaymakers.
In a few days it will finally be time: guests will be allowed to enter again.
Jakarta - The Indonesian holiday island of Bali will open its borders to tourists from all over the world on February 4th for the first time since the beginning of the corona pandemic.
"This is to help revitalize Bali's economy, which has been hit hard by the pandemic," government pandemic officer Luhut Pandjaitan said.
Therefore, despite the corona numbers, which have been increasing for days, due to the contagious omicron variant, the decision was made to open it.
Bali is dependent on the important tourism industry, which has been almost completely on the ground since April 2020.
In 2019, more than six million holidaymakers traveled to the island, which is known for its temples, rice fields and beaches.
These Corona rules apply to entry into Bali
The Indonesian island reopened to holidaymakers from countries such as Spain, France, New Zealand and Japan in autumn 2021 - but Germany was not there*. The opening on February 4 should apply to travelers worldwide. The following rules must then be observed:
Anyone who has complete basic protection with the second syringe that is usually necessary must be in quarantine for five days in a hotel of their choice
. Those who only have one primary vaccination must isolate themselves for seven days. The travelers have to pay for the quarantine hotel themselves. In addition, a
negative PCR test
that is not older than 72 hours is required
for entry .
This also applies to children under the age of 12.
As the online portal
Reisereporter
also reports, travelers need proof of
health insurance
with coverage of up to USD 100,000 that covers corona cases.
They must also apply for a
visa
(Visit Visa B211A), which can be extended four times by 30 days each.
Also interesting
: Despite Corona, a holiday is possible at these long-distance travel destinations.
Are there already flights to Bali again?
Lufthansa is currently not planning to resume flights to Bali, a company spokeswoman
told the
travel reporter.
However, Singapore Airlines wants to fly daily from Singapore to Bali again from February 16th.
According to the company, international holidaymakers could then fly to Bali via Singapore from any country that Singapore Airlines flies to.
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Indonesia has long been the worst-hit country in the region by the virus.
On Sunday, the Southeast Asian island nation had recorded more than 11,500 new infections.
So far, around 4.3 million cases have been registered in the country with 270 million inhabitants.
More than 144,000 people died in connection with Covid-19.
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