Indonesia cracks down on Covid-19 quarantine and visa scams

Tourists arrive at the Bali's international airport in Denpasar, Indonesia on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Indonesia opened Bali to foreign travelers from all countries earlier this month in an attempt to boost the resort island's economy, which has been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in the past two years. - AP

JAKARTA, Feb 22 (dpa): Indonesian authorities are taking action after foreign tourists complained of being overcharged for Covid-19 hotel quarantine and visas, local media had reported .

"They have come so far to have a good time only to be faced with a bitter reality," I Wayan Koster, the governor of the resort island of Bali, was quoted as saying by Medcom.id news portal recently.