Indonesian president calls for South-East Asian travel corridor


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Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday called for a South-East Asian travel corridor to revive the economy as coronavirus cases subsided in the region. Joko said countries in the region had imposed some of the world’s toughest restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19. “ASEAN economic recovery must be accelerated by reactivating travel, including safe tourism,” Joko told a business forum ahead of the summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations scheduled for Tuesday through Thursday. “With the Covid-19 situation increasingly under control, mobility restrictions can be loosened,” he said. He said the so-called ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement proposed...