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Foreign tourists to be locked out of Bali until 2021 – Sydney Morning Herald
One of Australians’ favourite tourism destinations has changed its plans – it will no longer reopen in September.
A whopping 1.3 million Australians travelled to the island in 2019 – more than any other country.
Bali provincial Governor Wayan Koster issued a statement that acknowledged the pandemic’s hit to the economy: it contracted by 1.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 and 10.9 per cent in the second quarter.
He also highlighted the island’s relative success in combating the spread of the virus, with 4024 COVID-19 cases confirmed and 49 deaths.
Wayan said the reopening to domestic tourists had b…
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