Indonesia loosens regulations to open tourism

Tourist spots in Java are gradually reopened, people and diners can go to the restaurant in about 1 hour.

According to Nikkei Asia, the Indonesian government is gradually easing regulations on disease prevention. Accordingly, from September 7, many tourist attractions in Java island are reopened and each diner can enjoy food at restaurants and eateries in about 60 minutes instead of 30 minutes as before. At the same time, restaurants continue to operate at 50% capacity.

The government said that only a few small areas of Java island (where more than half of Indonesia's population live) are still subject to level 4 community activity restriction (PPKM). to attract international visitors of Indonesia, still maintaining PPKM level 4 for another week.

Yogyakarta province, which attracts many tourists in the center of Java island, along with the capital Jakarta and many other large cities on the island, also eased epidemic prevention regulations. Many schools, supermarkets and traditional markets are reopening with longer opening hours.

Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of Economy, said on September 6: "President Joko Widodo stressed that the pandemic is not over. The virus has not completely disappeared. We can only control the spread so we can control the spread of the virus. still need to be on high alert despite the decrease in the number of infections."

In the past 7 days, Indonesia recorded the number of daily infections at 7,700 cases, down nearly half from the mid-July period. The number of deaths also decreased by more than 600 cases / day during this time. On September 6, Southeast Asia's largest country recorded 4,413 new infections and 612 deaths. Since the outbreak, the country has more than 4.1 million infections and 136,437 deaths.

As of September 6, 59% of Jakarta's population had received two doses of the vaccine, but nationally it was less than 14%. According to Minister Hartarto, the president directed to accelerate vaccination in remote provinces such as Papua, where the National Games are held in October, and many other provinces with low vaccination rates such as Aceh, West Sumatra, etc. Southeast Sulawesi and South Kalimantan.