This week marks five months since Indonesia closed its borders to international tourists in a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The governor of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) said the province is still on track to host the world-class MotoGP motorcycle racing event in 2021, with construction set to finish next June.

Cross-strait neighbors Indonesia and Singapore have initiated talks on opening a “travel corridor” ahead of the annual leaders’ retreat, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Indonesian bonds look set to win the beauty contest between Asia’s high-yield twins. The extra yield on the nation’s benchmark debt over India’s is closing in on the least this year, and there may be more narrowing to come.

Indonesia’s economy is expected to grow between 5.5 percent and 6 percent next year as economic activity is expected to return to normal after this year’s partial lockdown to contain COVID-19 transmissions, private lender Citibank Indonesia said on Thursday.

Indonesia will prepare facilities and rules required to support foreign travelers to work from Bali resort island in a bid to lure more holidaymakers and extend their holiday periods.