Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport Ready To Welcome Foreign Tourists From 5 Countries

ANTARA DOC/I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Bali

JAKARTA - PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero) stated that Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is ready to welcome foreign tourists in line with the plan to open doors for international flights to Bali starting October 14.

President Director of PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero) Faik Fahmi said the government decided to reopen international doors through I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport for passengers from five countries, namely South Korea, China, Japan, United Arab Emirates and New Zealand.

"Angkasa Pura I is very enthusiastic about welcoming the Government's decision regarding the reopening of international flights for foreign tourists to Bali. We manifest this enthusiasm in the form of readiness of Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in implementing travel conditions for foreign tourists," said Faik Fahmi, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, October 5th.

Faik Fahmi said the readiness of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is related to supporting the fulfillment of travel requirements for foreign tourist arrivals regulated by the government, namely quarantine for a minimum of eight days, showing proof of booking a quarantine hotel, and conducting a Covid-19 test with a negative result.

He explained that this readiness includes passenger travel from the time they get off the plane until the passengers are picked up by vehicles to the quarantine hotel.

There is also the process of arrival of foreign tourists at Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, namely:

1. Preflight: before flying to Bali, foreign tourists must have prepared proof of a complete dose of vaccine, have 3x24 hour PCR results, fill out a health alert card (HAC), have quarantine hotel booking documents, fill out e-PCR, confirm immigration documents, fill out electronic customs declaration_ (e-CD).

2. Thermo Scanner: after landing, foreign tourists go to the arrival terminal and have their body temperature checked. Foreign tourists whose body temperature is 38 degrees Celsius or lower can continue the next process, while tourists whose body temperature is above 38 degrees Celsius are directed to a further examination room. If the observations show that they are healthy, then tourists can continue the next process. If the observation results state that they are not healthy, then the tourist is referred to the hospital.

3. Registration counter: at the tourist registration counter, the Covid-19 Task Force will be served by officers from the Covid-19 Task Force where foreign tourists input data and officers carry out data control and print barcodes. There are 10 counters with a registration process time of about 10 minutes per tourist.

4. Inspection of health documents and quarantine hotels: inspection of these two documents is carried out by the Port Health Office (KKP) and barcode tapping with processing time at the KKP counter of about 1 minute.

5. RT-PCR SWAB: RT-PCR sampling of foreign tourists where there are 20 RT-PCR test booths with a sampling process time of about 1.5 minutes.

6. Immigration: inspection of tourist immigration documents by immigration officers where there are a total of 16 counters with a processing time of about 1 minute.

7. Baggage collection: the process of collecting tourist luggage on the conveyor belt where there are 7 conveyor belt units with a processing time of 1 minute.

8. Customs clearance: scanning electronic customs declaration barcode with 0.16 minutes processing time.

9. Holding area: foreign tourists are waiting for the results of the RT-PCR and data collection is carried out by the quarantine hotel with a processing time of 60 minutes.

10. Provincial Covid-19 Task Force Desk: Tourists tap barcodes and the Provincial Covid-19 Task Force carries out access control.

11. Pick up zone: tourists go to the pick up area and go to the quarantine hotel.

There is also the time it takes for one tourist or passenger to go through the international arrival process at Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, including waiting for the RT-PCR results, which is 72 minutes or 1 hour 12 minutes.

In addition, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport also added a waiting area at gate 4 to gate 6 and expanded the arrival corridor.

"We hope that the trial period for reopening Bali for foreign tourists can run smoothly and can really show the readiness of all tourism stakeholders in Bali so that the opening of international doors to Bali can later be wider with the addition of the number of countries of origin. The opening of Bali's doors for foreign tourists This is very meaningful for Bali tourism stakeholders and for the Balinese people in general, considering that the Balinese economy is quite dependent on the tourism sector," he said.

He added, regarding the readiness of the RT-PCR test service at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Angkasa Pura I cooperated with the Bali Jimbaran Hospital with two mobile lab facilities, 20 RT-PCR booths, 10 units of RT-PCR machines with a capacity of 320 tests per hour and a total capacity per day of 3,840 tests.

"Angkasa Pura I is always committed to being able to implement health protocols and support the enforcement of air travel requirements, especially for foreign tourists who come. It is hoped that the opening of Bali will later help restore Bali's economy," concluded Faik Fahmi.