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Home » ASIA » Indonesia aims for 14.3M tourists in 2024 with sustainable tourism goal Tuesday, January 16, 2024Reading Time: 2 minutesIndonesia aims for sustainable tourism, targeting 14.3M global travelers in 2024 under Minister Sandiaga Uno, focusing on eco-friendly practices.Indonesia, under the leadership of Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno, is making a significant push for sustainable tourism, aiming to draw 14.3 million international travelers in 2024. This ambitious goal is part of a wider plan to tap into the rising trend of sustainable tourism worldwide.Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference in Bali, Uno emphasized the need for cooperation…

Global cloud communications platform, Infobip, has announced that it has launched a data centre in Indonesia, ID1. ID1, which is located in West Java, will support the digital innovation capabilities of businesses within Indonesia and the Asia Pacific. In a press release statement, Infobip noted that this move to launch ID1 was aligned with the strategic direction of the Indonesian government’s Digital Roadmap 2021-2024, which aims at developing inclusive, safe, and reliable digital and connectivity infrastructure with high-quality services across Indonesia. ID1 adds to Infobip’s existing collection of data centres across the globe, and will complement Infobip’s data transfers of…

A spokesperson at SEG Solar told PV Tech the primary focus would be on tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) technology for the plant in Indonesia, and it might consider heterojunction in the future. Once fully operational, the project’s total capacity will be 5GW of annual nameplate production capacity from wafers to modules. The vertically integrated plant will be located in the Batang Regency in the Central Java province. Investment in the solar manufacturing plant will exceed US$500 million and cover over 40 hectares of land. “Integrated layout across the entire industry chain is crucial for SEG to adhere to legally…

Singapore’s international visitor arrivals doubled in 2023 from a year ago to reach 13.6 million, led by travelers from Indonesia, China and Malaysia.That’s 71% of the international visitors arrivals in 2019. The country’s tourism receipts last year reached an estimated S$24.5 billion ($18.3 billion) to S$26 billion, surpassing an earlier forecast of as much as S$21 billion, according to a statement from the Singapore Tourism Board on Thursday. Source link

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison has struck a collaboration deal becoming Indonesia’s first NVIDIA Cloud Provider Partner. The collaboration was formally established through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Indosat Ooredoo Hutchinson president director and CEO Vikram Sinha and NVIDIA SVP of telecom Ronnie Vasishta at the Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona. Pioneering the Indonesian market as the first NVIDIA cloud provider partner, Indosat and its subsidiary, Lintasarta, will work to bring NVIDIA’s full-stack AI platform to enterprises in Indonesia for the first time and offer customers access to NVIDIA’s graphics processing unit (GPU) technologies with high-density data centres.  At…

The three sides held discussions to explore opportunities for collaboration, including under the framework of the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI) and the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)India, Indonesia and Australia reaffirmed their commitment to advancing their shared values and working together towards a free, open, inclusive, peaceful, prosperous and rules-based Indo-Pacific | Illustration: Binay SinhaANI Asia The India-Indonesia-Australia Trilateral Focal Points meeting was held on Tuesday, during which the three sides held discussions to explore opportunities for collaboration under the framework of the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI) and the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA). The Indian side was led by…

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April 26, 2022Periods of rapid technological progress also tend to deliver significant economic growth. Indeed, the Ministry of Finance predicts that Indonesia’s economy could gain as much $2.8 trillion by 2040 through technology adoption, adding 0.55 percentage points to GDP growth annually between 2020 and 2040. So, where will this anticipated growth come from beyond some of the familiar headline-grabbing sectors such as e-commerce and ride hailing? We see technology—especially digital, robotics, and automation—expanding and having a profound impact across sectors such as manufacturing, energy, and housing to name a few. In particular, we anticipate four technology-based growth drivers as…

Yesterday, Indonesia’s Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno announced that the country is considering granting visa-free entry to citizens of 20 countries in order to deliver a jolt to the country’s economy and tourist sector. According to a report by Reuters, the ministry has not finalized the list of countries to be included in the scheme, but that it will likely include the United States, China, Australia, India, South Korea, Germany, the United Kingdom, and France. Like many nations in Southeast Asia, Indonesia has yet fully to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the country’s tourist sector into freefall. More than…

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is the first person to get an Indonesian golden visa as Southeast Asia’s largest economy seeks to draw foreign investors. The country’s immigration authority issued a 10-year visa for Altman as he “has an international reputation and may bring benefits to Indonesia,” said Immigration Director General Silmy Karim in a statement. The co-founder of the ChatGPT creator would enjoy priority security screening at airports, longer stay periods and easier entry and exit processes, among other perks. Source link