Indonesia opens Bali to tourists from 19 countries

Indonesia's holiday destination islands of Bali and Riau are open to foreign tourists from 19 countries after 18-month pandemic hiatus. Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, Indonesia's Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment said that the incumbent Indonesian government had permitted tourists from 19 countries to travel to Bali and the Riau Islands. He also noted that the ministry chose the countries based on data showing low positivity rates. However, the United States was notably absent from the list.

 

The countries chosen by Indonesia are China, New Zealand, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Liechtenstein, Italy, France, India, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Poland, Hungary, and Norway.

 

Eligible travelers from the chosen countries must be fully vaccinated with a second vaccine taken at least 14 days before traveling to Indonesia. They must have insurance coverage for Covid-19 treatment worth at least US $100,000 and pay for their accommodation during a mandatory five-day quarantine period.

 

Bali, Indonesia's leading tourism hotspot, had more than 6 million visitors in 2019 alone. Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the island's streets, which would generally be filled with tourists, have been deserted. Many businesses are closed as tourism is the lifeline for the economy of the island.

 

Huawei Renews the MoU on Cybersecurity Cooperation with Indonesia

Huawei has renewed its MoU on cybersecurity cooperation with Indonesia's highest cybersecurity body National Cyber and Crypto Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (BSSN). The company signed a tripartite cooperation agreement with BSSN and Institut Teknologi Del (IT Del).

Amongst the participants who witnessed the signing of the agreement were Gen. (ret.) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment of the Republic of Indonesia (Marves), Mr. Ren Zhengfei, Huawei CEO and Founder, Mr. Jeffery Liu, Huawei Asia Pacific president, and Mr. Jacky Chen, Huawei Indonesia CEO.

"Huawei thanks Indonesia for its longstanding support for our local team in the country. With the great trend towards collaboration and shared success between China and Indonesia, based on respecting each other’s sovereignty integrity, political systems, and social customs, we believe that together we will lay the foundation for Indonesia’s future," said Ren Zhengfei, Huawei CEO and Founder.

The tripartite agreement will help Indonesia build its digital infrastructure as well as digital human resources development and transfer of high technology.

"You are lucky to have the team here for making Huawei popular and the technology has been widely used. The establishment of Huawei Academy in Indonesia and the tripartite Cooperation between Huawei, the National Cyber and Crypto Agency and IT Del, also shown Huawei commitment to not only building digital infrastructure in Indonesia, but also digital human resources development and transfer of high technology," said Gen. (ret.) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

 

Princeton Digital Group to Invest $150M to Establish a New Data Center in Indonesia

Asia's leading data center provider Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has announced $150 million to develop a new data center facility in Jakarta, Indonesia. The move comes as the company looks to expand its presence in its footprint across Asia.

Since its establishment less than four years ago PDG has built 19 data centers. Recently, the company also announced $1 billion to open a 100 MW flagship data center campus in Japan.

The new data center in Jakarta will be a 22 MW data center named Jakarta Cibitung 2 (JC2). This data center is being built within the same 19,550m2 facility that houses PDG's existing data center JC1. The expanded campus of 35 MW will serve global cloud companies, domestic internet companies, and enterprises.

"Jakarta is an exciting market, Cibitung being the pre-eminent cloud cluster in the region. With the expanded campus, PDG has become a significant player in the Indonesian market. With the explosive economic growth and rapid digitalization by both government and private sectors in Indonesia, the market is core to PDG’s strategy," said Stephanus Tumbelaka, PDG’s Managing Director of Indonesia.

With the ever-increasing adoption of cloud-based services in the public and private sector in Indonesia, the new data center in Jakarta will help deliver unmatched scalability, connectivity, and reliability.