UN WTO Asia-Pacific Director Harry Hwang, led a delegation to Bali to assess the situation on the ground. At the end of the trip, he reported that his team had monitored the implementation of health and safety.
"I'm very happy to see Indonesia and Bali. You guys are ready to open for tourism in soon or next year. I wouldn’t be surprised if the government announces that Bali will open before Christmas," Hwang said in Nusa Dua on Thursday.
A delegation visited Bali this week to hold a seminar on capacity building on the reopening of international tourism. The group visited Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport and several tourist
attractions.
"The security standards and protocols are excellent, if not the best in existence," said a spokesman for the World Tourism Organization UNITED NATIONS.