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fantarara

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I saw a lot of musings here of whether to go to Raja Ampat and Komodo, or Komodo and Alor, or here and there. So thought I'd just post these here because might not be obvious for many especially all the pandemic "Why don't Indonesia do this or that like Thailand/Fiji/Bonaire/dotdotdot." o_O

source: Compare Countries With This Simple Tool

The asterisks are Komodo and Raja Ampat.

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And my personal favorite:
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And I'm outta here.
 
"Every hotel that provides a Warm Up Vacation quarantine package must have readied a special bubble area. Thus, international travelers can enjoy various activities, such as going to the beach, playing table tennis, and swimming."

 
"Indonesia is considering lifting all quarantine requirements for inbound travelers in April, as Covid-19 hospitalizations and fatality rates remain under control despite a resurgence in cases.

In the mean time, the required quarantine period is reduced to three days from five for incoming travelers who have received a third dose of vaccines starting next week, Luhut Panjaitan, the cabinet minister in charge of the pandemic response in Java and Bali, said in his weekly briefing on Monday. PCR testing requirement will remain in place for those arriving travelers. "

 
"The first Singapore Airlines flight to land in Bali in nearly two years received a warm (if rather wet) welcome today, with the plane carrying the single largest number of passengers on a commercial international flight to the Indonesian island since it closed to foreign tourists in March 2020.

Fully-vaccinated tourists arriving in Indonesia are required to undergo five days of quarantine at a designated hotel. Starting March 1, tourists who have received three COVID-19 vaccine doses will be able to quarantine for just three days."

 
"The first Singapore Airlines flight to land in Bali in nearly two years received a warm (if rather wet) welcome today, with the plane carrying the single largest number of passengers on a commercial international flight to the Indonesian island since it closed to foreign tourists in March 2020.

Fully-vaccinated tourists arriving in Indonesia are required to undergo five days of quarantine at a designated hotel. Starting March 1, tourists who have received three COVID-19 vaccine doses will be able to quarantine for just three days."
Is there Visa on Arrival yet or are they using the Business Visa process?
 
"Bali scrapped its quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated international visitors Monday, allowing foreign tourists to enter Indonesia’s island destination without self-isolating.
Travelers from 23 countries including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom can get a visa on arrival, and international visitors will be able to skip quarantine if they are fully vaccinated and boosted, have a negative PCR test, and provide proof of a hotel booking paid for at least four days."

 
"Travelers will check-in at the CHSE-certified accomodation and await 1st PCR Swab Test in the room (approx 3 – 6 hours).
  • If the PCR Swab test result is negative, travelers are free to start to their holiday activities and move around enjoy their stay in Bali.
  • If the PCR Swab test result is positive, and if there are no or only very minor symptoms travelers will be required to undergo 5 days isolation at dedicated isolation hotels. These will covered by your Jaga Wisata insurance or your own personal costs."
 
"Travelers will check-in at the CHSE-certified accomodation and await 1st PCR Swab Test in the room (approx 3 – 6 hours).
  • If the PCR Swab test result is negative, travelers are free to start to their holiday activities and move around enjoy their stay in Bali.
  • If the PCR Swab test result is positive, and if there are no or only very minor symptoms travelers will be required to undergo 5 days isolation at dedicated isolation hotels. These will covered by your Jaga Wisata insurance or your own personal costs."
The regulations are been being adjusted almost daily. Probably within a month there will be the availability of a Visa On Arrival (Indonesian Rupiah 500,000) on most points of entry. At the moment this is only Bali. This visa is valid for 30 days and can be extended for another 30 days.
And then what? Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia will be all competing for the same, much smaller number of tourists. No Chinese (made up 85% of the visitors to North Sulawesi in 2018 and 2019), Russians or Ukrainians anymore for now. The possibility that another Covid-19 variant will pop up might discourage some others. And, tragically, the war in the Ukraine is a factor we cannot estimate the effects of. If only for the reason that the people from Europe will have less to spend on the holidays while the flight costs go up.
Although everybody knows the above facts, the general spirit is in Indonesia that soon the airplanes full of money spending tourists will land soon. There is no reality based tourism master plan for 2022 - 2027. Not even the start of the branch and/or government to think about it. I am fraid that the coming year will b the real wake-up call and reality check for the tourism business in Indonesia and other countries such as Thailand, Sri Lanka, Philipines, Maldives and Malaysia. Well, we will see what comes out of it. But it will not be 2018 again.
 
If only for the reason that the people from Europe will have less to spend on the holidays while the flight costs go up.
Yes or No. Nobody knows for the moment, what happens right now leads to difficult predictions of the future :
- Europeans have been saving holiday money from the last two years. They are ready to spend for their first long haul diving holidays in more than 2 years. I don't think it's a cost issue.
- Went to Paris dive show last week. All the discussions I had with my fellow european divers show that many are ready to take a flight and go diving abroad BUT the main concerns are more with respect to which flight availibity will be offered for the summertime. Carriers tend to be shy on resuming or increasing rotations on the available routes (SIN flights have been reduced two or three fold), plus some important hubs are closed to transit (thinking of HKG, TPE which makes it a real PITA to fly to the Phils for instance).
- On the other hand all the flights going to Cancun or the Indian Ocean islands are almost full. Incidentally people are expecting the crowds to rush in to the popular asian destinations like Bali once they are open hence they might wait and see what will happen, eventually skipping northern summertime for the year after.
You see that the perspectives are almost opposite depending on which departure/arrival side you are currently looking at the trip.
Demand is there : it's more on the offer side that it looks constrained.
 
Yes or No. Nobody knows for the moment, what happens right now leads to difficult predictions of the future :
- Europeans have been saving holiday money from the last two years. They are ready to spend for their first long haul diving holidays in more than 2 years. I don't think it's a cost issue.
- Went to Paris dive show last week. All the discussions I had with my fellow european divers show that many are ready to take a flight and go diving abroad BUT the main concerns are more with respect to which flight availibity will be offered for the summertime. Carriers tend to be shy on resuming or increasing rotations on the available routes (SIN flights have been reduced two or three fold), plus some important hubs are closed to transit (thinking of HKG, TPE which makes it a real PITA to fly to the Phils for instance).
- On the other hand all the flights going to Cancun or the Indian Ocean islands are almost full. Incidentally people are expecting the crowds to rush in to the popular asian destinations like Bali once they are open hence they might wait and see what will happen, eventually skipping northern summertime for the year after.
You see that the perspectives are almost opposite depending on which departure/arrival side you are currently looking at the trip.
Demand is there : it's more on the offer side that it looks constrained.
Thank you, Good to read from another perspective.
 

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