Indonesia cancels travel bubble with Singapore

In this file photo taken on Feb 18, 2020, a row of empty seats are seen onboard a Singapore Airlines flight to Singapore from Jakarta International Airport, before the aircraft's departure from the Indonesian capital. - AFP

JAKARTA (Bernama): Governor of Indonesia’s Riau Islands Ansar Ahmad said the "travel bubble” scheme with Singapore, initially slated for October 2021, has been cancelled following a surge in Covid-19 cases in the nearby city-state.

The Antara news agency cited Ahmad as stating on Wednesday (Oct 6) that the Riau Islands administration is looking to attract domestic tourists to the province pending the central government’s decision to resume the travel bubble scheme between the province and Singapore in the future, Vietnam news agency (VNA) reported.