Bali Tour Guide Hopes for Covid-19 Defeat Amid Bleak Lunar New Year

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Effendy, a 65-year-old ethnic Chinese tour guide who also uses the name Lin Wen Hui, poses for pictures at Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park in South Kuta, following coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Bali, Indonesia, January 31, 2021. Dwarfed by a 21-storey-tall statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding the mythical eagle Garuda, a tour guide on the Indonesian resort island of Bali said he was staring at a dismal Lunar New Year season as the coronavirus wreaks havoc on tourism. REUTERS/Sultan Anshori

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Children play at Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park in South Kuta, following coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Bali, Indonesia, January 31, 2021. In 30 years of working as a tour guide, the Mandarin-speaking Effendy said the peak holiday period of Lunar New Year, which starts on Feb. 12 this year, usually attracted droves of tourists from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. REUTERS/Sultan Anshori

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An empty boardwalk of Pandawa Beach is seen as the beach is closed amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in South Kuta, Bali, Indonesia March 23, 2020. With foreign tourists banned to prevent the spread of the virus, Effendy now spends the bulk of his time practising the martial art of kung fu at home, while helping his wife to sell packaged rice to earn some money. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo/File Photo

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A man runs at Sanur beach amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bali, Indonesia, March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Nyimas Laula/File Photo

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Monkeys cross an empty road amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Nyimas Laula/File Photo

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General view of Nusa Lembongan Island with Mount Agung volcano in the background, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Bali, Indonesia, September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Nyimas Laula/File Photo

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