(Xinhua photo)JAKARTA: The Indonesian popular resort island of Bali continued to revive its tourism sector from Covid-19 pandemic despite the ongoing foot and mouth disease (FMD) re-emergence in the Southeast Asian country. International tourists have started returning to Bali since February after a hiatus of more than two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. The disease has spread across 24 provinces with more than 500,000 livestock animals infected and more than 6,000 animals killed, according to the country's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). However, the warnings did not prevent holidaymakers from those countries from visiting Bali, one of the world's best travel destinations. Pemayun said that Bali authorities continued to accelerate the vaccination program on livestock animals and carried out lockdown measures since the disease has severe consequences on animal health and trade.

Source: Bangkok Post August 24, 2022 13:03 UTC