Indonesia pushes for Bali bubble with Australia

TERRITORY tourists could be welcomed back in Bali as early as next month with a push for a travel bubble

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TERRITORY tourists could be welcomed back in Bali as early as next month with Indonesia pushing to establish a travel bubble with Australia and the tourist island.

Indonesia’s co-ordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Pandjaitan has reportedly said his country was keen to establish a travel bubble with Australia.

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“We have to carefully selected (countries), so I think Australia, New Zealand later on, China, of course, and maybe South Korea and Japan,” Mr Luhut told the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents’ Club on Monday.

“Right now we negotiate with Australia. We will see what happens, what they need from us and what we need from them. We need to negotiate standard of care because nobody can claim they’re better than others.”

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Bali has been considered a relatively safe coronavirus zone and recorded about 3,600 COVID-19 cases in total, but there are fewer than 500 active cases.

In comparison Jakarta has about 7,700 active cases.