As Covid curbs ease, Bali eyes tourism uptick
Indonesia lost US$13b due to ban on foreign tourists since pandemic began, says tourism and creative economy minister
Jakarta
SANDIAGA Uno is an avid marathon runner who has travelled around the world many times to participate in races over the years.
But the successful businessman-turned-politician - currently the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy in President Joko Widodo's Cabinet - now finds himself in his most challenging race to date: trying to keep these two important sectors going amid the raging Covid-19 pandemic.
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