Indonesia’s resort island of Bali reopens after a three-month virus lockdown, allowing local people and stranded foreign tourists to resume public activities before foreign arrivals resume in September.
A security guard checks the body temperature of children at a temple amid new coronavirus outbreak in Bali, Indonesia Saturday, July 4, 2020.
Koster told a news conference that the island will gradually reopen shuttered places to locals and stranded foreigners. Bali will open to Indonesians from other parts of the country on July 31 and new foreign arrivals on Sept. 11. Tourism is the main source of income for the island that is mainly Hindu in the mostly Muslim archipelago nation.
Bali’s immigration office data showed the local government has granted automatic visa extensions to more than 7,000 stranded tourists in Bali. Nearly 16,000 others hold temporary residence permits and about 1,300 live as permanent residents.
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