Some time ago, we conducted an interview via Instagram Live with two tourists from Spain who were “forced” to remain longer in Bali and couldn’t return to their country resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. These two tourists are quite unique in that they traveled tens of hundreds of kilometers overland from Madrid, Spain, before finally reaching Indonesia. Their furthest destination was the paradise island of Flores. The interview aimed to acquire information from Laura and Maria, two tourists, by which they expressed that they felt extremely pleased because they were “forced to remain longer” on essentially the most beautiful island on the earth.
The interview prompted several other media outlets to repeat the story and gather information from other relevant details about how “stranded” tourists are coping with the #StayHome protocol and the shortcoming to return to their home country.
You can watch their interview here:
Shortly thereafter, we also conducted a web-based survey to grasp the conditions and collect opinions of foreign tourists that suffer the identical “fate” of staying longer in Indonesia and never having the ability to return to the country resulting from the pandemic and the restriction of international flights. Here are the questions:
- Length of stay of tourists in Bali resulting from the pandemic
- The tourist’s region of origin
- Do they require medical attention?
- Do they need assistance from the Indonesian government?
- The region where they lived in Indonesia through the pandemic
- Type of stay while in Indonesia
- A residents’ initiative to assist through the pandemic
- Their overall opinion while in Indonesia. Did they’ve an excellent experience?
- Will they return to Indonesia after the pandemic ends?
The survey opened at 17:00 WIB on June 8, 2020 and closed on June 18, 2020 at 00:00 WIB. 121 respondents accomplished the survey, and after the survey only 94 respondents answered the primary questions. And listed here are the outcomes:
- How long are tourists staying in Bali resulting from the pandemic?
Most respondents (81.91%) said that they had stayed in Indonesia for greater than 5 (five) weeks, 15.96% had stayed 3-4 weeks and the remaining (2%) were latest to Indonesia 1-2 weeks.
- Country of origin of tourists
To simplify answer selection, respondents only need to pick the regions of their country of origin. It was found that just about 1 / 4 (22.34%) of the respondents were foreign tourists from Southeast Asian countries, followed by tourists from Australia and New Zealand (17.02%) and foreign tourists from East Asian countries. (15.96%).
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Australia and New Zealand |
17.02% |
|
Central Asia |
2.13% |
|
Central America |
8.51% |
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East Asia |
15.96% |
|
Eastern Europe |
3.19% |
|
Central Africa |
2.13% |
|
North America |
10.64% |
|
Northern Europe |
1.06% |
|
Polynesia |
1.06% |
|
Southeast Asia |
22.34% |
|
Southern Europe |
4.26% |
|
Western Europe |
11.70% |
- Do they require medical attention?
All respondents said that once they didn’t need medical help.
- Do they need assistance from the Indonesian government?
All 94 respondents said that they didn’t currently need assistance from the Indonesian government, and there have been also those that said that there was still a lack of understanding about flights to other countries and other information related to the opening of tourist attractions.
- The city/island/place they lived in Indonesia through the pandemic
Nearly 3/4 of respondents (73.40%) said that they had been in Bali, Jakarta (7.45%) and Lombok (6.38%) through the pandemic.
- Type of stay while in Indonesia
During the pandemic, respondents lived mainly in three forms of residences, 36.17% in rented houses, 34.04% in hotels or villas, and 29.79% in the home of friends/family.
- A residents’ initiative to assist through the pandemic
The majority of respondents (84.04% in total) stated that the area people of their area where they lived through the pandemic was flexible enough to assist when needed, especially with questions of safety, and there have been also those that they mentioned that the community helped with food and drinking supplies when many restaurants weren’t open.
- Their overall opinion while in Indonesia. Did they’ve an excellent experience? Mutually.
As many as 82% of respondents said it was nice, although there was not much that could possibly be done through the pandemic, and within the meantime they may not return to the country.
- Will they return to Indonesia after the pandemic ends?
As many as 84.04% of respondents said that they’d return to Indonesia sometime in the longer term, once the pandemic is over. However, 6.38% said that they had no such plans, and 9.57% said that they had not decided yet.
Disclaimer: The survey was conducted using the Typeform platform, although the system allows respondents to finish the surveys multiple times
