Bali reopens to foreign travelers but no international flights arrive

Quarantine in a 4 star hotel for 5 days on Bali island or 10 days in Japan with an expensive test to follow.

Tourism in Japan won’t recover until 2022…

That's good news I guess, rather than actual news involving corruption, mass killings and politicians promises. Hey welcome to 2 weeks on a Thailand beach. Soon you have to return to reality, but here is a T-shirt. don’t talk about our King? That’s jail time. Lovely.

Yea I know my mistake Bali Thailand it’s so hard to distinguish between the two, make one mistake in either and that concrete wall could be anywhere.

Seriously! After passing all the tests, entering Bali, quarantining in your Hotel room for 5 days, looks like you still have to wear a mask on the beach. WTH! Why even bother going at all!

Sorry but I'm not going to sit in a hotel room for 5 days on "vacation".

But on the bright side it won't be full of drunken Aussies? :)

It's all very well to go there, but for many people, returning to their home countries can be an expensive nightmare.

I remember the days when you worried about catching something serious while visiting South East Asia, like malaria or nasty diarrhoeal diseases. Nowadays, we're worried about catching a cold.

These SEA countries just don't get it yet. Casual tourists are not looking to fly 12-15 hours to pay for the privilege of sitting in quarantine for the first half of a vacation followed by restricted activities, curfews, multiple tests, etc. for the remainder of their stay.

virus tests as well as their five-day quarantine accommodations

This is why people aren't travelling. Wake up!

Thailand is scheduled to reopen a bit more freely from November- no quarantine at least. But the paperwork will still be a PITA, the primitive stick into the brain PCR test is still done, etc. But the worst is coming back to Japan. At present, you still have to do a 10 day to 2 week home quarantine. Who has time for that? I am hoping the J-govt gets smart and eases restrictions on returning residents.

Anyone see the details of what the hotel quarantine means? (stay in room? stay on hotel grounds?)

Best I could find is this hotel which describes a quarantine package designed for you to stay in your room or villa (https://www.viceroybali.com/en/bali-quarantine-package/).

Anyway, it wont matter until probably 2022 when Japan figures out a way to reduce its quarantine.