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Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia rolls out vaccination drive on 13 Jan, Jokowi receives first shot.
Lockdown Status
Partial
Inbound Travel
Restricted
Outbound Travel
Partial
Confirmed
927,380
Deaths
26,590
Active
146,842
5 Day Rolling Ave
+8,992
Source: John Hopkins University via COVID19 API (2021-01-19)

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Policy Summary

Lockdown Status

New restrictions, Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (PPKM) to be in place across Java and Bali from 11-25 Jan. Restrictions include 75% of workforce to work from home, all teaching to be conducted online, shopping malls to close by 7pm, places of worship to operate at 50% capacity, public facilities, and cultural activities closed and restaurants permitted to operate at just 25% capacity for dine-in. Essential sectors for basic needs are permitted to operate fully. Domestic travellers to Bali require an RT-PCR or antigen test.

Travel Restrictions

Indonesia will close all borders to foreign visitors from 1-25 Jan 2021, with the only exception for official visits. Domestic flights permitted.

Containment Policies Timeline

How to read this graph
International Travel Restrictions
  • 0 - no restrictions
  • 1 - screening arrivals
  • 2 - quarantine arrivals from some or all regions
  • 3 - ban arrivals from some regions
  • 4 - ban on all regions or total border closure
Internal Movement Restrictions
  • 0 - no restrictions
  • 1 - recommend not to travel between regions/cities
  • 2 - internal movement restrictions in place
Stay At Home Requirements
  • 0 - no measures
  • 1 - recommend not leaving house
  • 2 - require not leaving house with exceptions for daily exercise, grocery shopping, and 'essential' trips
  • 3 - require not leaving house with minimal exceptions (eg allowed to leave once a week, or only one person can leave at a time, etc)
School Closures
  • 0 - no measures
  • 1 - recommend closing
  • 2 - require closing (only some levels or categories, eg just high school, or just public schools)
  • 3 - require closing all levels

Economy Summary

Fiscal support for the tourism industry

National Economic Recovery Program (11 May):

  • Reducing corporate income tax from 25-22%

  • Employees earning below 200 million IDR in tourism, hotels and F&B exempted from paying income tax

SMEs (29 Apr):

  • Tax incentives

  • Loan restructuring

  • Emergency working capital assistance

Pre-employment Card (11 Apr):

  • Tourism workers qualify for this scheme, total benefits worth $223 USD

$21.5 million fund (25 Feb):

  • Incentives for airline and travel agencies

  • Promotional activities and sponsoring fam trips

  • Additional fund to support airlines with discounts of up to 30% for domestic tourism for 10 Indonesian destinations, on top of the existing discounts, from Mar to May travel

GDP Growth Rate

% per year
5.2
2018
5.0
2019
-1.0
2020
forecast
5.3
2021
forecast

Inflation Rate

% per year
3.2
2018
2.8
2019
2.0
2020
forecast
2.8
2021
forecast
Source: Asian Development Bank. Asian Development Outlook (April 2020).

Consumer Trends Summary

Google Consumer Survey (May 2020):

  • 17% of Indonesians would plan for their next domestic trip in the next 3 months; 14% in 3-6 months, 11% in 6-9 months, 14% in 9-12 months and 44% in more than a year from now

  • 28% of Indonesians would consider a 25% discount on standard fares a motivator to book a hotel in the next 3 months

  • 31% of Indonesians would consider 25% discount on standard fares a motivator to book a flight in the next 3 months

  • 34% of Indonesians would travel anywhere in the region if they were to travel in the next 3 months

Booking.com Indonesian customers' international travel wishlist (Mar/ Apr 2020):

Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok, Seoul, Osaka, Kyoto, London, Paris and Penang

Consumer Sentiment

Tourism Arrivals Summary

International Tourism Arrivals

YoY % change
5.9
Jan'20
-28.9
Feb
-64.1
Mar
-87.4
Apr
-86.9
May
-89.1
Jun
-89.2
Jul
-89.6
Aug
-89.5
Sep
-88.3
Oct
-86.3
Nov
Dec
Jan'21
Source: Statistics Indonesia.

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