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I'm always interested in what exactly counts as tourism-dependent, and how on earth you allocate that, particularly with so many tourism workers in the black economy. A lot of construction on Bali, eg, will be tourism-centric; I know (eg) a lawyer and a web designer whose income disappeared when Covid hit; and you can certainly see the knock-on effect of reduced incomes on the economy as a whole when you look at streets of local shops, warungs etc. But, yes, worth pointing out that there are farms, fishers, workshops and factories, sand miners, creative industries, universities, schools, hospitals, and a bunch of offshored services from tech to customer service to name just a few economic sectors that continue to exist.....

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