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Indonesia: Bali’s backpacker ban proposal draws tour operators’ ire

Travel operators in Indonesia have hit out at the government’s controversial plan to ban budget travellers or backpackers from entering Bali, as it looks to pivot to quality tourism to speed up economic recovery post-Covid. Luhut Panjaitan, coordinating minister for maritime affairs and investment, who leads the implementation of emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM) in […]

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Indonesia wants to ban backpackers from Bali, but will a focus on ‘quality’ tourists pay off?

Despite the economic devastation wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesia is still focused on quality over quantity when it comes to its tourist destinations – as evinced by a senior official’s recent remark that backpackers would be banned from Bali when the resort island reopens to foreigners. Luhut Pandjaitan, the coordinating minister for maritime affairs […]

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