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BALI is ready to open the gate for visiting foreign tourists by improving hospital services and adding inpatient rooms.
According to Bali Deputy Governor Professor Tjokorda Oka Artha Arda Sukawati, said hospital services are one of the conditions for opening tourism to foreign tourists. Three green areas, namely: Ubud, Sanur, and Nusa Dua, have also been supported by health supporting infrastructure.
“In Nusa Dua, there is already an international standard BMC hospital. Meanwhile, Sanur is close to Bali Mandara Hospital which is also a COVID-19 referral hospital. Finally, Kenak Medika and Ari Canthi Hospital were opened in Ubud,” he said.
He explained, in terms of tourism players, the government admitted that it was ready since last year. The tourism industry has prepared a Cleanliness, Health, Safety and Environmental Sustainability (CHSE)
certificate which has already been prepared when international tourism was opened in September last year. This is also supported by the public order in implementing health protocols, so that the average level of appropriateness of Balinese people is one of the highest in Indonesia, which is around 96.8%.
“Currently, the industry has issued around 1,800 CHSE certificates for hotels, restaurants and tourism destinations in Bali. Furthermore, if the preparations to open the three areas into green areas, namely Ubud, Sanur and Nusa Dua, are almost 100 percent complete. This is indicated by the level of vaccination. in three areas where it is almost 100%, “he said.
He added that the people in the three areas have been vaccinated almost 100%. Meanwhile, outside the green zone, around 23% or 600,000 people in Bali. And we will continue to increase the number, so that herd immunity can be achieved in Bali soon.
Meanwhile, the Head of Bank Indonesia (BI) Representative Office for Bali Province, Trisno Nugroho, said that Bali was very ready to receive foreign tourists visiting. Not only vaccinations at the community level, the banking sector and workers in the financial services sector are also being encouraged by the Bali provincial government to cooperate with BI.
“This aims to provide a sense of security and trust in serving the community and tourists in the future. Currently BI is working with banks in Bali to accelerate the non-cash transaction program to minimise direct contact. This will be very useful later if the tourists are making transactions later,” he concluded. [antaranews/photo special]
