Starting from 24 January 2022 (Monday), international travellers can travel between Indonesia (the Riau Islands) and Singapore through a travel bubble scheme called Batam Bintan-Singapore (BB-S).
This travel bubble has been approved by Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo “after various preparations were carried out under the coordination of the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy”, it was said on Saturday (22 January).
“The President has agreed to start the implementation of the BB-S travel bubble as a prototype to start the economic opening, especially tourism in a limited and controlled scheme,” said Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto. This travel bubble “will continue until a specified time later”.
International travellers who are planning to enter Indonesia via the BB-S must take note of the following:
Point-of-entry
All international travellers under the travel bubble scheme must enter Batam or Bintan through:
Documents needed
All international travellers must:
Testing
All international travellers must:
During travel
All international travellers are only allowed to:
When unwell during travel
All international travellers are to:
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