Indonesia-Singapore Cross Border Tourism Facts

(Case Study on Kepulauan Riau, Batam-Bintan Reopening Travel Borders – Post Pandemic Situation)

DOI

10.2991/978-2-494069-73-2_16How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Pandemic; Reopening; Travel Border; Singapore; Indonesia

Abstract

Tourism cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore is mutually beneficial as Singapore is an international transit centres for many tourists visiting Indonesia especially those came from both Batam and Bintan’s entrances. Indonesia gains from the big traffics in Singapore in which had contributed the “multiplier effect” on economic development of the two countries. After two years of lull in tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic, the popular Indonesian holiday islands of Bintan and Batam in Riau Archipelago Province were finalised plans in reponing their shores to leisure travellers from Singapore. The Indonesian government was prepared the launching of the travel bubble as Covid-19 cases on the two islands are under control. The Indonesian government is encouraging the establishment of travel bubble between Batam, Bintan and Singapore. This would help spur tourism as a travel corridor system which aims to divide travellers into different groups (bubbles) by separating travellers or the one who has a risk of being contracted to COVID-19 (either from history of contact or history of traveling to areas where community transmission has occurred) from the general public, accompanied by restrictions on interaction only to people in the same group (bubble) and the implementation of quarantine principles to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19. The research aimed to elaborate how the strategy being taken by Indonesia government to expedite the travel bubble implementation to enable the execution of reopening borders The thematic analysis of the research will also indicated framework for assessing various cross-border travel arrangements component being planned and its executing steps being taken.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Eva Amalia
AU  - Asman Abnur
AU  - Syafruddin Rais
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/26
TI  - Indonesia-Singapore Cross Border Tourism Facts
BT  - Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on Tourism (INTACT) "Post Pandemic Tourism: Trends and Future Directions" (INTACT 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 214
EP  - 226
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-73-2_16
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-73-2_16
ID  - Amalia2022
ER  -