Busy beach scenes south of Kuta, at Jimbaran Bay, show Bali is returning to normal, at least for locals. But the tourism revival is confirmed by Qantas reporting extra demand for the route.
In 2015, in a bid to boost tourism, Indonesia added Australia, China, Japan, South Korea and Russia to the list of countries for which the US$25 (S$34) fee for visa-on-arrival was waived. “The potential loss will be US$11 million,” then tourism minister Arief Yahya said, adding that the projected additional 450,000 foreign tourists would earn the state an extra US$540.
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