Bali, the Island of the Gods, has been like a second home to millions of Australians for years. What will happen now?

After a meeting between President Joko Widodo and PM Scott Morrison at the recent Group of 20 leaders’ summit, there was talk of creating an Indonesia-Australia travel bubble. International travel to Bali has already reopened to visitors from 19 countries. But Australia is not one of them.

Australians keep going to Bali after disruptions like the Bali bombings and volcanic eruptions. Will they visit in the Living with COVID era? Source: Image by Valerie Hukalo/Creative Commons, 2016.

Ida Bagus Puja is the Director of the Bali Tourism Polytechnic, a government tertiary education institute.  He explains to Sri Dean the current state of tourism in Bali after the island was opened up and how the island is preparing for the return of tourists under changed circumstances.

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Australians love the comfortable, tolerant feel of Bali. Surfing is one of their favourite activities. Source: Image by mikaku / Creative Commons.