Garuda and Singapore Airlines are heading back to Bali; omicron variant threatens to extend wave. Follow updates here.
| Garuda and Singapore Airlines are heading back to Bali in what local businesses hope will be a turning point for theHowever, confusion over visas and mandatory quarantine means a return to mass tourism for the holiday mecca, which welcomed 6.27 million travellers in 2019, is still months away. Even then, it will probably be a trickle rather than a flood given the main source markets for Bali still have exit restrictions in place.will keep its borders closed for the foreseeable future.
“People balk at hotel quarantine, particularly if they are planning only a week or two away. I think it will be mid-year before most Australians are ready to head back. That’s a problem for Bali,” he said.
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