Indonesia this past week reduced the mandatory quarantine for fully vaccinated visitors to three days (72 hours) and those having received one shot to four days (96 hours).
Visitors are allowed to roam freely after the result from the test performed on the fourth day from the arrival is ready if fully vaccinated. However, they still need to arrange a visa to enter Indonesia as waiver arrangements have been suspended.
Announcement from Indonesia’s government:
Quarantine Hotels in Jakarta:
Conclusion
The number of days in quarantine has slowly been reduced and is almost palatable for someone planning to spend a few weeks in the country. It is still, however, unacceptable for those wishing to enter Indonesia and Bali for a short vacation.
Indonesia’s government has been all over the map when it comes to allowing international visitors to enter the country. Also, Bali’s governor has been somewhat hostile towards tourism arrivals even when the island’s economy is much dependent on it, unlike the rest of Indonesia.
I fully support nations who wish to genuinely protect their populations and if only more had done so earlier we perhaps could have avoided the level suffering we have seen.
For Indonesia the bottom line is that if the retain this rule then tourists will not return and airlines will not restart services. This is chicken and egg scenario and bottom line is they need to reopen with no quarantine if they are to see tourists return.
I heartily agree. I have great doubts that keeping borders closed is doing much good, especially when case levels in Indonesia aren’t much lower than elsewhere already. Vaccinated travelers are unlikely to bring the virus with them, and starving bali of tourists is causing untold economic harm.
At the moment The Governor of Bali like many of the other Worlds Politicians , cant decide whether it should be based on Country of Citizenship/Passport,. Where you are Resident or, where you have flown from. Of course it should be based on what countries you have been in during the last 14 Days . Similarly there are Global conflicts on the 72 Hour Rule, Some have it based on Arrival and some on Last flight taken Departure
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Good to know: for a family with unvaccinated kids (even very young kinds below 2 years old) still have to quarantine 5 days.