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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The impact of the mandatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) smear test for tourists visiting Bali by air has been enormous. The policy, which took effect today (12/18), has caused many potential tourists to cancel their vacation plans.
This policy was initiated by Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsjar Pandjiatan in the management of the Covid-19 pandemic so that the end of the year holidays become a new explosion of covid cases – In Bali, air service users must have PCR , while land transport must have antigen as of December 18, 2020.
The President of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), Hariyadi Sukamdani, revealed the value of the request for money back o refund in the hundreds of billions. This figure comes from the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of airline tickets, hotels, restaurants and other impacts.
“Friends have already reported that the impact is up to 317 billion rupees. Imagine canceling up to 133 thousand passengers, a 10-fold increase from normal conditions,” Hariyadi told CNBC Indonesia, Friday (12/18).
Currently, hotels, restaurants, travel agencies and airlines are busy. However, he is not only busy serving passengers to travel, but also refund people who are not on vacation. He regretted that politics was taken too suddenly. The reason is that other stakeholders have made a lot of preparations.
“If you want to limit it, it shouldn’t be like that. We are confused, the government has announced that the Eid al-Fitr holiday will move to December, people are preparing to schedule so yesterday the purchase of tickets to book hotels was extraordinary. last minute not now, but well organized, Friends suddenly become difficult, “he said.
In addition to falling with large ticket returns, Bali’s tourism industry has also had to climb another ladder if the economic impact arising from this government policy is seen.
“The results of the data processing calculated that 967 billion rupees will go to Bali’s economy, almost 1 trillion rupees,” Hariyadi explained.
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