Julia Winterflood: Travel Weekly Asia

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Indonesia Correspondent

Julia Winterflood

Indonesia Correspondent

Julia Winterflood is a freelance writer, editor and translator who has called Indonesia home since 2014. A regular contributor to Travel Weekly Asia since early 2020, she covers tourism sector developments across Southeast Asia with a focus on Bali and Indonesia more widely. She has also contributed features on Bali’s travel industry to Nikkei Asia, The Diplomat, and Travelfish, and provided copywriting services for BBC Travel and National Geographic Traveller.

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