This event requires travel between two countries. Participants will be travelling to Telunas Island Beach Resort in Indonesia via Singapore. All visiting schools will need to stay in Singapore the night before the first day of the festival. All participants will depart via Singapore to return to their home countries at the end of the event.
SINGAPORE
Singapore travel
All participants will need to arrive in Singapore the evening before the first day of the festival.
Participants will depart on the Sindo ferry from Singapore together as a festival group on the first day of the event. The ferry will be booked by ISTA and cost is included in the registration fees.
Harbourfront Centre ferry terminal
1 Maritime Square
Singapore
099253
Local schools are responsible for organising their own travel to and from the Harbourfront Centre where the ferry will depart. Overseas schools will have buses to pick them up from the airport, take them to the YMCA One Orchard hotel for the evening before the festival. Buses will also transport overseas groups to the ferry terminal to travel to Indonesia and then back to the airport at the end of the event. These transportation costs are included as surcharges in the festival fees. All overseas participants will need to arrive in Singapore the evening before the first day of the festival and can depart the evening on the last day of the festival.
Schools outside Singapore will need to cover airfare to Singapore and any meals prior to the festival commencement on Telunas Beach Resort.
Singapore accommodation
Singapore transportation
Local Singapore schools are required to book their own local transportation to the ferry terminal at the Harbourfront Centre the morning of the first day of the festival. Please arrive at the terminal between 8:30-9:00am to collect your school's boarding passes and to clear customs with your group. Local schools may wish to organise a bus to transport their group back to their campus at the end of the festival (between 4:00-4:30pm on the final day) or arrange parent pick up from the ferry terminal.
Overseas visiting schools
Overseas visiting schools will be picked up by private bus and transported tot he YMCA One Orchard hotel. The morning of the ferry departures schools will be transferred to the ferry terminal by private bus. Schools when then be transferred back to the airport at the end of the event.​
INDONESIA
Indonesia travel
Once the festival participants arrive in Indonesia, they will clear customs and immigration in Indonesia. After clearance, we will be met by representatives from the Telunas Beach Centre who will guide our school groups to the long-tail boats awaiting the participants to take us to the tropical island destination.
Indonesia accommodation
Visiting school students
Students will stay in shared dormitory style rooms with students from other schools of the same gender at the Telunas Island Beach Resort. Students will be asked to pick a room "buddy" ahead of time so they have one friend from the same school to stay with in the large dorm rooms. Students will be sharing with peers from other schools as we feel this is a valuable element of the social aspect of the programme.
Visiting school teachers/chaperones
All accompanying adults will stay in shared rooms of the same gender at the Telunas Beach Resort. We will try to accommodate any travelling couples to share the same room at the Telunas Beach Resort.
ISTA artists
Artists will be asked to share rooms with fellow artists (same gender). Artists will be responsible for any miscellaneous costs during their stay at the resort.
Students will stay bunk beds in shared accommodation with peers of the same gender from both their own and other visiting schools.
Teachers/chaperones and ISTA artists will share family-style rooms located nearby to student dorms and medical nurse.
Balanced buffet-style meals will be provided in the dining hall each day.
VISAS
As participants will be entering Singapore and Indonesia it is important to consider the need for a visa for both countries. Please ensure that passports have a minimum of 6 months validity and at least two blank pages remaining on the passport at the time of the trip.
Singapore visa
In most cases, a visa is not needed for Singapore, but it is important to check requirements. Please refer to the Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Authority website for detailed information.
Indonesia visa
Many countries do not require a visa to enter Indonesia, but it is important to check requirements in advance. Please refer to the Indonesian Directorate General of Immigration website for detailed visa information.
INSURANCE
It is required that all participants and artists have adequate travel/medical insurance for the trip. The insurance will need to span across travel to both Singapore and Indonesia. ISTA does not provide insurance for participants.