Wayan Sentiani, 36, is earning barely a tenth of what she used to from selling T-shirts and sarongs near Kuta beach. For about a decade, she would get up to 2 million rupiah ($140) a day from mostly Australian, Chinese and European shoppers.
“Yesterday, I opened the shop from 7am until 7pm and only sold a piece worth 75,000 rupiah. Most of our days here go by like that,” Ms Sentiani said. “I really hope the foreign tourists will come back soon.”
Two months since reopening its borders to international arrivals, Bali seems a long way from returning to its days of fully booked hotel rooms, busy restaurants and crowded beaches.
In October, only two foreign visitors arrived, compared with half a million in the same…
