{"id":984267,"date":"2022-02-10T09:27:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T09:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/10\/indonesia-bans-foreign-tourist-arrivals-at-jakarta-airport-as-covid-19-infections-spike\/"},"modified":"2022-02-10T09:27:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T09:27:02","slug":"indonesia-bans-foreign-tourist-arrivals-at-jakarta-airport-as-covid-19-infections-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/10\/indonesia-bans-foreign-tourist-arrivals-at-jakarta-airport-as-covid-19-infections-spike\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia bans foreign tourist arrivals at Jakarta airport as Covid-19 infections spike"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JAKARTA – Indonesia has temporarily banned foreign tourists entering the country through Jakarta’s airport, the transport ministry said, in a bid to slow a spike in coronavirus infections driven by the Omicron variant.<\/p>\n

The Southeast Asian country has seen a jump in cases, with more than 36 000 infections recorded on Sunday and the bed occupancy rate at hospitals in the capital reaching 63 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The move to bar tourists flying to Jakarta comes just days after Bali welcomed the first international flight in nearly two years carrying foreign visitors.<\/p>\n

The new regulations apply to foreign tourists and Indonesians who have travelled abroad for holidays, the ministry said in a statement released late on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The decision to “temporarily restrict tourist arrivals” was intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus, said Novie Riyanto, director general for civil aviation at the ministry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tourists flying from abroad will still be able to arrive at Bali airport, as well as at Batam and Tanjung Pinang in the Riau Islands near Singapore.<\/p>\n

Police have also implemented a curfew in downtown Jakarta from midnight to 4am as infections have kept climbing.<\/p>\n

Indonesian officials have warned that the surge in cases driven by the Omicron variant may not peak until late February.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Despite these concerns, the resort island of Bali welcomed a flight from Tokyo last Thursday carrying six foreigners,mostly travel agents who were on board to monitor the island’s readiness to receive foreign tourists.<\/p>\n

Bali officially opened to foreign visitors from 19 countries last October, but with no non-cargo flights until last week foreign tourists have been limited.<\/p>\n

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