The Bali Tourism Office (Dispar) said the news about the surge in COVID-19 cases in neighboring countries had not had an impact or had an impact on foreign tourist visits to the Island of the Gods.
"Regarding the issue of COVID-19 in Asian countries, it can be informed that until now the issue of COVID-19 has not affected tourist visits to Bali," said Head of Bali Tourism Office I Wayan Sumarajaya, Wednesday, June 4.
He said that although there was no influence, his party would still coordinate with the health office to monitor its progress.
It is known that the Ministry of Health issued Circular Number SR.03.01/C/1422/2025 regarding awareness of COVID-19.
The letter stated that entering the 12th week of 2025 until now, COVID-19 has shown an increase in several countries in Asia, including Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore.
The types that are spreading are Thailand COVID-19 variants XEC and JN.1; in Singapore LF.7 and NB.1.8 (derivative JN.1); in Hong Kong JN.1; and in Malaysia is XEC (derivative JN.1).
With this directive, the Ministry of Health asked to increase vigilance, although the trend in Indonesia has decreased and the variants of these neighboring countries are still relatively low and the death rate is also low.
The head of Dispar Bali said that his party was still waiting for further directions, and currently saw the direction of the Ministry of Health, namely instructions to the health office and quarantine center, so he had not taken any action.
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To ANTARA, Sumarajaya has also not mentioned any efforts to go further, such as focusing on monitoring tourists from Asian countries.
"We are still guided by the circular, according to the results of our coordination with the Bali Provincial Health Office, it was stated that the public was asked to be vigilant and pay attention to the circular," he said.
Visits from the Asian region itself in Bali are also still high, BPS Bali noted that in April 2025 alone tourist visits from Asia were 160,417 visits.
Air transportation traffic from Bali also shows that Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand are the five highest destination countries throughout April 2025.
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