Fully vaccinated int’l tourists can now visit Indonesia

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Indonesia has opened a few of its borders to foreigners after the Ministry of Law and Human Rights issued a ministerial regulation that reopens applications for tourist and limited stay visas for fully-vaccinated travellers. “Previously, only foreigners with diplomatic and service visas are allowed to enter the country. With the issuance of Ministerial Regulation No. 34/2021, those with existing valid tourist and limited stay visas are also allowed to enter Indonesia,” the Directorate General of Immigration’s spokesman Arya PradhanaAnggakara said in a statement.

Furthermore, the government has also decided to open international borders at six transportation hubs, which are the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang city, Banten province, Sam Ratulangi International Airport in Manado city, North Sulawesi province, seaports in Batam city, Riau Islands province, and Nunukan, North Kalimantan province, as well as land cross-border posts in the areas of Aruk and Entikong in West Kalimantan province, media reports said.

The aforementioned seaports and land borders have been reopened for international tourists as of Thursday, and the two airports since Friday, the Transportation Ministry’s spokesperson AditaIrawati said.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs LuhutBinsarPanjaitan also said that the government is likely to reopen its resort island of Bali for international tourists starting October due to the recent decline in the number of daily Covid-19 cases in Indonesia.

“If the number of cases continues to drop, we are confident to reopen Bali in October,” Panjaitan said at a virtual press conference, adding that Indonesia will prioritise foreign tourists from countries with controlled Covid-19 cases.
Travellers who want to enter the archipelago, both Indonesians and foreigners, must be fully-vaccinated besides showing vaccine certificates and negative PCR test results taken no longer than 72 hours prior to the departure time, according to the Transportation Ministry.

Upon arrivals, the travellers have to take another PCR tests and must undertake eight days of quarantine if declared negative.

One more negative result of the PCR test will be required on the eighth day.

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