Bali airport gets ready to welcome international tourists back to Indonesia resort island

Record ID: 1640865

  • Title: Bali airport gets ready to welcome international tourists back to Indonesia resort island
  • Date: 9th October 2021
  • Summary: DENPASAR, BALI, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 9, 2021) (REUTERS) AIRPORT STAFF PRETENDING TO BE FOREIGN TOURISTS ARRIVING AT BALI'S NGURAH RAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SIMULATION EXERCISE VARIOUS OF AIRPORT OFFICIALS MONITORING THERMAL SCANNER DURING SIMULATION EXERCISE
  • Embargoed: 23rd October 2021 09:51
  • Keywords: Bali Indonesia airport international reopening simulation tourism
  • Location: BALI, INDONESIA
  • City: BALI, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EYFQREV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The airport in Indonesia's resort island Bali held a simulation exercise on Saturday (October 9) to make sure procedures were in place to welcome back international tourists who have been mostly shut out due to the coronavirus pandemic.
    The exercise follows the government's decision to reopen the island for international travellers, including those from China, New Zealand and Japan, among others from October 14.
    Bali's airport officials gave a tour to media showing protocols in place to welcome the first international flights as hundreds of airport staff played the role of foreign visitors arriving for a holiday. Staff on duty ensured the "tourists" were keeping a distance from eachother, they checked documents and ushered them into rooms for COVID-19 tests before they are picked up to be taken to where they will be in quarantine for eight days.
    Bali residents were excited about the opening up as tourism is the main income for the island.
    Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest economy, exited its first recession in over two decades in the second quarter, though a COVID-19 resurgence and ensuing social restrictions likely weighed on the recovery momentum.
    (Production: Sultan Anshori, Yuddy Cahya Budiman)
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