Indonesia: Bali tourism operators at their wits' end as foreign visitors stay away

Tourists on the streets in the Seminyak area of Bali, Indonesia, on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. Six weeks after Bali's airport was allowed to accept international flights, not a single plane from outside Indonesia has landed, owing to tough visa requirements for foreigners that include needing a guarantor and rules forcing international arrivals to quarantine for three days even if they are fully vaccinated. - Bloomberg

DENPASAR (Bali), Nov 30 (The Straits Times/ANN): Ide Bagus Sidharta Putra had hoped that by now, his beachfront hotel, Griya Santrian, in Sanur, Bali, would have put the Covid-19 days of empty restaurants and meagre bookings behind it.

It was not to be.