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Digital nomads, spiritual tourists and 5-year visa fuel Bali boom

People watch as a plane prepares to take off at Ngurah Rai international airport during sunset in Denpasar on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on May 23, 2022. (AFP file photo)

Bali’s bars and beaches may have to take the backseat as Indonesia looks to promote its spiritual getaways and booming tech scene to lure longer-staying, higher-spending travellers back to its islands.

Ecological tourism, sporting events and a special five-year visa for remote workers should bring 3.6 million overseas travellers back to the archipelago now that borders have reopened, Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno said in an interview on Monday. This should help create over 1 million jobs for Indonesians, he added.

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