JAKARTA: Indonesia’s most popular holiday destination Bali is expected to be ready to resume business in July, the country’s national development planning minister said on Thursday .
Bali has a population of 4.2 million people. Last year, there were 6.3 million foreign visitors to the island.The minister said: “The Bali government has managed the situation relatively well. We expect Bali will be ready to open for business soon in July.He added that Bali seems to have contained COVID-19 due to a well-defined leadership structure, which involved traditional leaders in the community and guards who work voluntarily.
The minister revealed that the plans for reopening the economy and entering a new normal phase will be implemented in stages. The measures will depend on three criteria such as the basic reproduction number - which represents the number of new infections estimated to stem from a single case - falling below 1.
On Thursday morning, tourism and creative economy minister Wishnutama Kusubandio said tourism activities could be allowed to resume around one month after a province or city enters the new normal phase.
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