Five ways to turn Bali into a 'Zoom island' for global remote workers

By Eugene Sebastian, Executive Director, Australia-Indonesia Centre, Monash University
Helen Fletcher-Kennedy, Chief Operating Officer, The Australia-Indonesia Centre, Monash University
Kevin Evans, Indonesia Director, Monash University

The Indonesian government recently announced plans to send 8,000 Jakarta-based civil servants to work remotely in Bali to help the tourism-dependent economy rebound from the pandemic.

If the government succeeds in fully vaccinating Bali residents, the idea makes a certain amount of sense.

Hotels and restaurants are struggling to survive. According to Statistics Indonesia,…

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