Story highlights Mount Raung in East Java has been belching ash into the atmosphere

Authorities have closed four airports, leaving many passengers stranded

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) Ash spewing from an Indonesian volcano has brought chaos for travelers on the popular resort island of Bali and beyond, prompting the closure of four airports in the region.

No flights were going in or out of Bali's Denpasar airport on Friday as nearby Mount Raung, at the eastern end of the island of Java, continued to belch ash and gas into the atmosphere, officials said.

The other affected airports in the area are Lombok, Banyuwangi and Jember, according to a post on Twitter by Garuda Indonesia, the county's national airline. The closures will last until at least 10 p.m. Friday local time (11 a.m. ET), it said.

I took this Sun. flying into #Bali. Volcanic ash closing airport here. Travelers stuck. A photo posted by Will Ripley (@willripleycnn) on Jul 10, 2015 at 12:29am PDT

The volcanic activity has left some tourists stuck on Bali and others unable to get there to start their vacations.

More broadly, it's disrupting air traffic at a peak time for travelers in Indonesia as many people make journeys ahead of the religious holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the mainly Muslim nation.

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