Qatar Airways Resumes Flights to Bali Allowing Direct Foreign Arrivals on the island of the gods For Visa On Arrival Procedure. Qatar Airways, the flag carrier of Qatar, has officially become the latest airway to join Bali’s direct flights’ list as their Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane landed at the Ngurah Rai International Airport over the weekend after flying from Doha. Local outlets reported that the Qatar Airways plane landed on Sunday at 05:31pm and was greeted by a water salute from the airport. Flight QR-960 landed in Bali carrying 222 passengers and flew back under the code QR-961 to Doha yesterday at 1:27am carrying 103 passengers. The Doha-Denpasar flight is one of the most popular routes among travelers who wish to travel in and out of the Island of Gods. The reactivation of Qatar Airways’ direct Bali flight is the first from the Middle East since the pandemic and is expected to further boost tourism in Bali.

We are delighted to resume flight services from and to Denpasar, Bali,” Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker said in a written statement. Going forward, the Doha-Denpasar flight is scheduled to fly every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, while the Denpasar-Doha flight is scheduled every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.As of March 2022, 13,761 travelers have arrived in Bali since the island gradually reopened to international visitors last October.  As of now, there are direct flights available to Bali from Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur with various airlines such as Garuda Indonesia, Scoot, Jetstar Airways, Malaysia Airlines, and AirAsia.

 

Qatar Airways Resumes Flights to Bali

Singapore Indonesian travel corridor delayed plans to establish a travel corridor with Singapore after Indonesia extended its multi-tiered public mobility restrictions (PPKM) amid rising COVID-19 cases. Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said on Monday that the government would resume preparations for the corridor once domestic COVID-19 caseloads had fallen. The ministry would focus on opening travel corridors to Bali, as well as Batam and Bintan in the Riau Islands province, which are among the top travel destinations for Singaporeans. “The travel corridor arrangement program has been delayed because we are implementing PPKM level 4, but when the situation gets more conducive, we will resume it quickly,” Sandi said during an online press briefing on Monday. The program also hinges on the state of the pandemic in Singapore, which recently tightened mobility restrictions amid a surge of cases, including by prohibiting dine-in services and limiting gatherings to two people. Indonesia’s own COVID-19 resurgence has prompted the government to extend emergency restrictions by a week, to Aug. 2, while relaxing some provisions, such as allowing traditional markets selling essential goods to remain open until 8 p.m.

The proposed travel corridor with Singapore is part of Sandiaga’s plan to boost foreign tourism in Indonesia this year. The minister has begun similar travel corridor talks with Belgium, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Vietnam. Last year, the Foreign Ministry established corridors for business and diplomatic travel with Singapore, China, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, allowing such travelers to bypass quarantine requirements provided they had sponsors. The ongoing emergency restrictions have renewed pressure on tourism and creative economy players, causing hotel occupancy rates to drop to as low as 10 percent and restaurant revenue to decline between 70 and 90 percent in affected areas, according to Sandiaga, who cited data from the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI). Some 155,607 foreign visitors arrived in Indonesia in May, roughly 12 percent of the 2019 level, according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS) data. Only 2,507 travelers arrived from Singapore that month, less than 2 percent of pre-pandemic levels. Most Viewed Government fortifies economic backups during emergency restrictions More than 2,600 virus patients have died in self-isolation: LaporCOVID-19 Macron to discuss legacy of nuclear tests in French Polynesia Restoring mangroves to raise people’s welfare and mitigate climate change Indonesia relaxes emergency curbs, vows to boost testing, tracing NASA selects SpaceX for mission to Jupiter moon Europa Foreigners leave Indonesia amid coronavirus case spike Thailand sees new daily COVID-19 infections surpass 15,000 Jakarta tightens security amid calls for protest in ‘Jokowi Endgame’ march Bali runs out of oxygen as President Jokowi ponders lifting COVID-19 curbs

Bali plans direct flights to and from India due to the increasing number of tourists arrivals from India during the last years before the Covid-19 pandemic. The opening of direct flights from Bali to India was discussed during a meeting between the Indonesian Minister of tourism Sandiaga Uno and Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Shri Manoj Kumar Bharti in Ubud. I have just finished discussing the plan to reopen Bali tourism and direct flights from India. We are preparing this, which is now in the finalization stage. There will be collaborations on other sectors as well,” said Sandiaga in his statement on Wednesday, March 17 th 2021.

 

The idea to open direct flights was due to the increasing number of tourist arrivals from India every year before the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Statistics Indonesia (BPS), 264,516 Indian tourists visited Bali in 2017, 353,894 in 2018, and 374,043 in 2019.The government plans to immediately reopen the tourism in Bali for foreign tourists under the travel bubble scheme.The Bali government has also set three regions that are free from Covid-19 transmission or green zones to welcome tourists, namely Ubud in Gianyar Regency, Sanur in Denpasar City, and ITDC Nusa Dua in Badung Regency. Apart from the tourism sector,

Sandiaga said Indonesia and India are ready to cooperate in the investment and trade sectors. “These will surely be in the scope of tourism and creative economy,” he added. Sandiaga Uno hoped that the bilateral relations would increase job opportunities and raise the spirit of businesses in Bali so that the regional economy would soon recover.

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