West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) government deemed the 2022 MotoGP pre-season testing at Mandalika Circuit held from February 11-13 a blessing to promote tourism.“Alhamdulillah (Praise to God), NTB receives a blessing from the MotoGP pre-season events. We get to promote tourism free from the riders. They travel in the ‘bubble’ areas and promote the beauty of Mandalika, Lombok,” said the province’s Tourism Agency head H Yusron Hadi on Sunday, Feb. 13.Hadi said the pre-season test brought various positive impacts for the province, not only on the tourism sector but also on the economic growth.“This event has a lot of benefits for NTB, including in terms of tourism promotion and economic growth. In the future, there will also be more gates for promotion. So we all have to be prepared,” he added.Central Lombok Tourism Agency head Lendek Jayadi also shared a similar view that the international motorcycle racing event was a great moment for tourism promotion.“This MotoGP is a great promotional moment, especially with the help of the riders. We surely need to create an extraordinary image of the region,” he added.Jayadi thus encouraged all stakeholders and the local community to keep developing tourism in NTB province to spoil tourists.Source :https://en.tempo.co

The national airline Garuda Indonesia officially serves the first regular international flight to Bali with the Narita-Denpasar route in 2022. This flight is in line with the return of international flights through I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali.The inaugural flight of the Narita-Denpasar route is served with the A330-300 fleet. Garuda also transported 30 tons of cargo from Japan, consisting of spare parts for construction, automotive, and electronic goods.President Director of Garuda Indonesia, Irfan Setiaputra, said that the operation of this flight was in line with the inauguration of the Denpasar-Narita special cargo flight route via Manado which began operating on Wednesday, February 2, 2022.This is aligned with the government's policy regarding the opening of Bali's international entrances starting on February 4, 2022.The inauguration of the Narita-Denpasar flight route is the result of cooperation between Garuda Indonesia and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, which also has full support from the Bali Provincial Government and the Indonesian Embassy in Japan.President Director of Garuda Indonesia, Irfan Setiaputra said that the reopening of the Narita-Denpasar flight service was a form of Garuda Indonesia's commitment as a national flag carrier in supporting government programs. In particular, it is related to efforts to accelerate national economic recovery which is optimized through the provision of safe flight service accessibility.Irfan said the Narita-Denpasar international flight was a separate momentum for the acceleration and synergy of all aviation stakeholders in supporting the revival of the national economic sector. Especially Bali, which is one of the integrated economic zones in Indonesia."This flight service is part of our efforts to maximize the market potential of Narita, Japan on an ongoing basis, both through cargo transportation market share which is focused on the transportation of Bali's leading export commodities through special routes for Denpasar-Manado-Narita cargo flights, as well as inbound passenger transportation to Indonesia via Denpasar-Narita flight route", he said in a written statement, Thursday, February 3

JAKARTA - The government continues to take steps to restore tourism by adding foreign tourist entrances to Indonesia. One of them is the granting of a visa on arrival (VoA) at Soekarno Hatta International Airport and at several other airports in Indonesia.The Directorate General of Immigration issues Circular Number IMI-0549.GR.01.01 of 2022 concerning Ease of Immigration to Support Sustainable Tourism During the Covid-19 Pandemic. In the SE, it was noted that there were additional immigration checkpoints at the airport. After previously being the first to open Bali, as of April 5, 2022, Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Jakarta and Yogyakarta International Airport can provide VoA.In addition to VoA, foreign tourists from Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam can use visa-free special tourist visits through the airports listed. The following is a list of additional airport immigration checkpoints:Soekarno Hatta in DKI JakartaNgurah Rai in BaliKualanamu in North SumatraJuanda in East JavaHasanuddin in South SulawesiSam Ratulangi in North SulawesiYogyakarta in DI YogyakartaPreviously, at the end of March 2022, the addition of countries that could administer VoA in Bali had brought nearly 15,000 foreign tourists to the Island of the Gods. This expansion is a step to restore the tourism sector. Looking at BPS data, the number of foreign tourists visiting from January to February 2022 was only around 33,000 people, which is much different from the number in the same period in 2019, which was almost 1.8 million people. Keep in mind, referring to the Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights Number 28 of 2018 the granting of a visa-free visit for special tours is only valid as a stay permit for a visit for 30 days and cannot be extended. Source : https://ekonomi.bisnis.com/read/20220406/12/1519643/makin-diperluas-visa-on-arrival-sudah-berlaku-di-bandara-soekarno-hatta