Indonesia: Bali surf school owner eagerly awaiting imminent return of foreign tourists


Surf school owner Halfia Londa is among hundreds of tourist businesses crippled by the government's decision to suspend all international flights to and from Bali from April 2020. - Reuters

BALI ( Indonesia), Oct 12 (Reuters): Surf school owner Halfia Londa is pinning all her hopes on Indonesia's plan to reopen the island of Bali to some foreign tourists from mid-October.

Halfia's business at Kuta Beach is among hundreds of tourist businesses to have been crippled by the Indonesian government's decision to suspend all international flights to and from the popular island destination from April 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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