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With the Australian winter school holidays approaching this May, the tourism sector in Bali braces to welcome the first big influx of international travelers for its long-awaited reopening from Covid-19.  Between 25th April 2022 and 8th May 2022, Bali has averaged 30,000 new tourist arrivals every day. The Head of the Bali Tourism Office, Tjok …

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Australian travelers make up most of the international visitors in Bali since the border reopened a few months ago. The Head of the Bali Tourism Office, Tjok Bagus Pemayun, confirmed that most of the 46,176 international visitors who arrived in Bali as of Friday (22/4) were from Australia. With the thriving Bali tourism sector, the …

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A 59-year-old Australian named Allan James has been detained for overstaying in Bali. The Head of the Badung State Attorney Intelligence Service, I Made Gde Bamaxs Wira, confirmed that the suspect was detained for violating immigration policy by illegally staying for 8 years in Bali. “The suspect has been temporarily detained at the Immigration’s detention …

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An Australian couple has decided to charter a private jet for USD $32,377 (IDR 463 million)to transport their Bali dog to Queensland, Australia before the Christmas celebration. An Australian couple, identified as David Daynes and Tash Corbin, decided to transport their dog named Munchkin, who they previously adopted during their stay in Bali a few …

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Bali officials have begun to promote Bali tourism for the Australian market as travel restrictions will be revoked in November 2021. After recently announcing that the Australian authorities will start allowing their citizens to travel abroad including to Bali in November 2021 like The Bali Sun previously shared, Officials from the Badung Regional Tourism Promotion …

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Bali is expected to start receiving Australian visitors again in November 2021 as Australian authorities have planned to revoke their travel restrictions. In accordance with a letter that was signed by the Australian Consulate General, Anthea Griffin on October 21st 2021 for Bali Tourism Agency, Australia has planned to start allowing their citizens to travel …

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The recent announcement that the Australian government could extend the international travel ban on its citizens until the end of 2021, threatens any hope of a Bali tourism recovery. Australian Government Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg said that international borders would remain closed until at least the end of 2021 in an address last week.  “International travel, …

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 Two men from Britain and Australia have been arrested on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali for possession of methamphetamine and ecstasy, police said Thursday. Collum Park from Britain was arrested Tuesday night with 11.8 grams of methamphetamine and 15 ecstasy pills, Denpasar police chief Jansen Panjaitan said in a statement. Park has been in Bali …

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A 53-year-old man who died in Bali late on Tuesday night complained of breathing problems to his girlfriend shortly before passing.  A copy of the man’s passport obtained by The Sydney Morning Herald said his name was David William John Sparenburg. He died in a boarding house in Munggu, Mengwi Village, in Badung regency. The victim had …

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An Australian man from Perth has died in Bali, three weeks after contracting COVID-19. 62-year-old Paul Koodravsev who lived in the town of Sanur, tested positive for the virus on July 25 and was admitted to the Udayana University Hospital COVID ward July 31st. Paul Koodravsev, 62 (Image: Facebook) The head of Bali Health Services, …

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Western Australia health officials are preparing for thousands of Australians to return home after visa changes in Bali forced many to leave. On July 12th, the Indonesian government announced that emergency visas would expire for thousands of Australian travelers who sheltered in Bali during the coronavirus lockdown. 10 days later, the government announced changes that …

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Sara Connor has arrived home in Australia after serving almost four years in a Bali prison over the death of a local police officer. Connor landed at Byron airport last night wearing a face mask and boarded a bus under police guard.The Byron Bay local was given an early release from her five year sentence last …

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