Visitors enjoy the sunset at Jambak Beach in Padang, West Sumatra, on Dec 1, 2020.- Antara
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Growing outdoor recreation and domestic travel are expected to drive the recovery of tourism in Indonesia, experts and industry players have said.
“[The tourism recovery] will start with adventure, cultural interactions, outdoor or sports activities, ” said Muhammad Baiquni, a tourism expert from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) on Dec 17,2020.
“[Outdoor recreation] includes beaches, villages and forests.”
A survey conducted by the Kompas research and development team from July to August of last year, which involved 1,200 respondents, found that most Indonesians would prefer to visit outdoor destinations.
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JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): A proposal by India, South Africa and eight other countries calls on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to exempt member countries from enforcing some patents and other Intellectual Property (IP) rights under the organisation s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, known as TRIPS, for a limited period of time.
The idea is to ensure that IP rights do not restrict the rapid scaling-up of manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccines and treatments.
While a few members have raised concerns about the proposal, a large proportion of the WTO membership supports the proposal.
It has also received the backing of various international organizations, multilateral agencies and global civil society.
Security personnel dismantle Islam Defenders Front (FPI) paraphernalia as they close down the group s headquarters in Petamburan, Central Jakarta, on Dec. 30, 2020. - Antara
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The intensifying crackdown by the authorities on the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) a once-fringe Islamist group that now poses a serious challenge to the administration of President Joko Jokowi Widodo has sparked concerns among prodemocracy activists.
The government continues to step up its pressures on the vigilante group, which has become increasingly political since the 2014 presidential election and the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election during which it spearheaded sectarian campaigns against President Jokowi and his ally, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who replaced him as Jakarta governor.
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Social Affairs Minister Juliari Batubara (centre) emerges from a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) interrogation room after questioning. The KPK named Juliari a suspect in a bribery case on Dec. 6, 2020. - Tribunenews
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JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): A majority of Indonesians noticed that corruption had become more rampant in the country, according to a recent survey by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC).
The survey polled 1,202 respondents from Dec 23 to 26 and found that 55 per cent of them believed there were more corruption cases in 2020 than in the previous year, and 26 per cent said it was the same as last year.
Writer Michael Spencer says that it will be important that the government transition quickly from Covid-19 emergency stimulus back to the forward-looking policy stance of 2019.