Bali welcomes back tourists with first international flight

Tourists arrive at Bali's international airport in Denpasar, Indonesia on Feb 16, 2022. - AP

DENPASAR (AFP): Bali began a tentative re-opening to foreign tourists on Wednesday (Feb 16) with the first international passenger flight to the Indonesian holiday island in nearly two years.

The resumption of flights comes as the South-East Asian archipelago loosens quarantine rules even as it battles a surge in Covid cases fuelled by the Omicron variant.