In the past years we have been working very hard and in June 2019 we opened our hotel The Happinezz Hills in Karimunjawa, Indonesia. Unfortunately, like most of you, we are now dealing with the Corona outbreak and the Indonesian government decided to close Karimunjawa for both Western and Indonesian tourists until further notice. Because of this our hotel is empty and all future reservations for the next weeks have been cancelled. A huge disappointment for us, but also for our staff!
The locals in Karimunjawa depend on tourism. The local people don’t need their income for holidays or luxury purchases, but to pay for their basic needs like food and personal hygiene. However, there is no social system here, which means that all our employees are currently at home without income and without savings. We, the owners of the hotel, would love to support our staff in these times, but as starting entrepreneurs, we are not able to continue to pay the salaries when there’s no money coming in.