Is Bali really open to international and UAE travellers?

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Famed for its luxury beach resorts, pristine paddy fields and untamed jungles, Bali is finally welcoming international visitors again.

After 18 months of being closed to tourists, the ever-popular Indonesian island is among three destinations to have reopened to overseas visitors on Thursday.

Tourism officials announced this week that three islands – Bali, Batam and Bintan – would begin welcoming holidaymakers again.

On the eve of the scheduled reopening, Luhut Pandjaitan, Indonesia's Co-ordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, released a list of 19 countries from where travellers will be able to visit Bali.

Among the destinations are the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait.

Officials said the destinations were selected based on places that the World Health Organisation deems to be low risk and those with few positive Covid-19 cases.

Australia, where a large majority of Bali's tourists came from before the Covid-19 pandemic, is notably not on the list, but neighbouring New Zealand is.

The countries from where travellers can visit the uber-popular holiday island from are:

· Saudi Arabia

· UAE

· New Zealand

· Kuwait

· Bahrain

· Qatar

· China

· India

· Japan

· South Korea

· Liechtenstein

· Italy

· France

· Portugal

· Spain

· Sweden

· Poland

· Hungary

· Norway

Source: https://www.thenationalnews.com

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