Bali Indonesia just recently announced that they are closed to travelers until end of the year. Unfortunately, I see Aulani heading the same way. I just hope they make that decision soon rather than string everyone along each month.
And the devastation from that decision will be long lasting. I know the area very, very well (and even had considered spending part of this late autumn/winter there again to avoid COVID) Plans were in place for resorts to open 1st September, which meant that the shop owners, Grab drivers,
scooter rentals, restaurants etc which service the tourism industry had some hope of an income. Now that hope has faded even future.
Bali, like Hawaii, struggles with over tourism. It can take 5 hours to travel 30km because there is one road north/south, plugged with tourists sitting 3-4 in an SUV, surrounded by scooters which even cannot go much faster. I think that my record was once doing 2km in one hour. So this has meant a lot of discussion about the future of tourism in Bali, which has been overrun in recent years and is overdeveloped in the south (and the north is somewhat inaccessible unless one wants to commit the time) There is only one beach I use for that stereotypical sandy beach, and it is not accessible to all. Kuta for example is covered with litter, so that amazing sunset is really from what has become a trash heap.
During this time, many Balinese could return to their roots, go back to their families, and return to the simpler life of fishing, simple farming, etc. But the problem is that only supports a small number, and many of the workers are not Balinese themselves (not to mention the many, many young people from Bali who lost their jobs in places like the Maldives, and had to return home) And there are so many people working to support the tourism industry who are not from Bali, and have had to return to their homes, or are trying to 'ride it out' there but if they lose their job, they lose their visa.
Bali and Hawaii share many similarities, as you can see. However, at least for Bali, they had some domestic tourism. (Not much, as the prices are way out of reach for most) But both are facing a big economic crisis, and the 'return to the simple life' is simply not an option for most in either location.