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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) reveals the amount of the return transaction (refund) tickets for tourists who want to visit Bali reach 317,000 million IDR. The number comes from 133 thousand Air ticket.
PHRI President Hariyadi Sukamdani said refund the massive ticket was the impact of the mandatory swab test (swab) Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for tourists visiting Bali by air. Meanwhile, tourists traveling by land to Bali are required to undergo a rapid antigen test.
“The data we processed until last night, there was a request refund from ticket buyers to 133 thousand passenger, and this is a 10-fold increase compared to normal conditions. From the online travel agency (OTA), the big data is about how many transactions were affected, the data until last night was 317,000 million IDR, “he said at the signing of the MoU between PHRI and Air Asia, on Wednesday (16 / 12).
In addition to having an impact on commercial tourism players, he said the policy also affected the Balinese economy. Without mitigation, the estimated impact on Bali’s economy reached 967 billion IDR.
“We know that Bali in the third quarter of growth was already minus 12.28 percent. This, of course, for the Balinese, is something very worrying because wait 1 that year festive 2 times. So the holidays in the middle and end of the year, ”he explained.
Hariyadi emphasized that PHRI strongly supports the government’s efforts to break the chain of spread of COVID-19. However, he hopes the government will also pay attention to economic factors before issuing policies.
Related to hyssop obligations and rapid test antigen He hopes that the government can discuss it with businessmen before launching the policy so that businessmen can anticipate it.
“Actually, we really hope that later, as business players, we will be invited to talk about what your opinion is. We will certainly provide an objective opinion and in the form of facts and data that we prepare,” he said.
Earlier, the coordinating minister for Maritime Affairs and Investments, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, said that tourists boarding a plane to Bali must perform a PCR test on the D-2 before departure. Meanwhile, overland tourists to Bali are obliged to do so. rapid test antigen in H-2.
This is anticipated to an increase in covid-19 cases during the Christmas and New Year holidays. He called for health protocols to be tightened in Bali, especially in rest areas (resting area), hotels and tourist attractions.
“We ask that tourists boarding a plane bound for Bali must undergo the H-2 PCR test before flying to Bali and require the rapid H-2 antigen test before traveling overland to Bali,” Luhut said in a official statement.
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