Bali travel restrictions will begin to ease allowing for tourist to enter the holiday destination, but not Australians.

Bali has been locked up tight for many months, even ordering ex-pats to leave the popular tourist spot.

But now the island is planning to open back up as the Indonesian Government is starting to organise travel bubbles with countries to help jump-start tourism and the economy.

Which country is first?

Unfortunately the first country will not be Australia.

The Indonesian Government is finishing plans to allow Chinese tourists to be the first to visit the island in months.

Will all of Indonesia be reopened?

No. Only Bali, Batam and Bintan will be opened.

The Indonesian president Joko Widodo said these three islands would act as “locomotive regions” and help boost the tourism industry.

When is it planning to open its doors again?

The Government says it plans to reopen the border for Chinese tourists to start with in July.

How’s Bali doing with COVID?

Not great, it has more than 400 active cases and 19 people in hospital – despite this the Indonesian government is still going ahead with easing Bali travel restrictions.

As of today, Bali has recorded 47,857 cases of COVID-19, of which 45,913 individuals have recovered. However, the holiday island has recorded known COVID-19 1,527 deaths.

Source: bali.com

When will Bali open for Australians?

While Bali travel restrictions are beginning to ease it is still unclear as to when it will ease for Australia. As it stands Australians are still banned from entering the country under Indonesian Federal Government law.

Australians are banned from leaving Australia in general except for approved exemptions.

So unfortunately that means you will have to keep your Bintang singlet packed away and will have to wait a little longer until you can have a Bintang or cocktail poolside in Bali.

For latest Indonesia and Bali travel restrictions visit smartraveller.gov.au.

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