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February
Hungary's parliament clears path for Sweden's Nato membership
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VOInews, Jakarta: Sweden has cleared its final obstacle to joining Nato after Hungary's parliament voted to ratify the bid. The Nordic nation applied to join the defence alliance after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
As reported by BBC.com (27/2), last week Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban that all Nato members are expected to help an ally which comes under attack.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said it was a "historic day" and a "big step" for Sweden to abandon 200 years of neutrality. (BBC.com)
February
Gernas BBI and BBWI 2024 eye for 1.25-1.5 billion domestic tourists
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VOInews, Jakarta : Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno kicked off the Proud of Indonesia-made Products Movement (Gernas BBI) and Proud to Travel in Indonesia (BBWI) in 2024 in Jakarta on Monday (27/2). In the kick-off,Minister Sandiaga Uno has pointed out that the Gernas BBI program is launched to increase demand and purchases of domestic products, while Gernas BBWI is to increase domestic tourist travel.
According to Sandiaga, the programs aimed to encourage the achievement of 1.25 to 1.5 billion tourist movements with total money turnover reaching 3000 trillion rupiah and creative economy transactions amounting to 1,187 billion rupiah.
Furthermore, according to Minister Sandiaga Uno, to achieve this target, adaptation, collaboration and innovation steps are needed. Sandiaga hopes that this target can also be encouraged by each regional government in the province, regency and city levels, to continuously develop and improve the quality of tourist attractions, curate the implementing regional events, compile travel patterns, massively promote regional potential, and carry out integrated cooperation among regions.(VOI/Dora)
February
VOInews, Jakarta : The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy joined again South Asia's Travel & Tourism Exchange (SATTE) 2024 as - in the largest international tourism exchange in India - an effort to increase foreign tourist visits in 2024.
Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno at “The Weekly Brief with Sandi Uno”in Jakarta on Monday(26/2) conveyed that at the international tourism exchange, Indonesia offered sustainable tourism packages. Minister Uno further said, on the first day of SATTE, Indonesia had reached the transaction target of USD 114 billion with 45,000 tourists.
South Asia's Travel & Tourism Exchange (SATTE) 2024 took place onFebruary 22-24, 2024 at India Expo & Mart, Greater Noida, New Delhi. By 2024, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy through the Wonderful Indonesia brand raises the theme "Keep the Wonder" with the designs of Borobudur, Prambanan, and Yogyakarta in its pavilion as a form of the ministry’s consistency in promoting 5 Super Priority Destinations (DSP).
In this year's implementation, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy also collaborates with 41 selected tourism industry players, consisting of travel agents/tour operators, DMC (Destination Management Company), hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions. (VOI/Dora)
February
Thousands told to flee homes in Australia amid heat spike, bushfire threat
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Smoke from bushfires rises north of Beaufort, near Ballarat in Victoria, Australia on Feb 24, 2024. (File Photo: AAP Image via Reuters/David Crosling) -
Voinews, Sydney - Hundreds of thousands of residents in Australia's southeast were told to evacuate on Wednesday (Feb 28) due to an intense heatwave that authorities said could further spread a massive bushfire in Victoria state, which faces its worst conditions in four years.
Extreme fire ratings have been issued for large parts of Victoria with the Wimmera region in the west given a catastrophic ranking, the top warning level. Mildura, a rural city of about 56,000, could touch 45 degrees Celsius, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
A potential fire impact zone that covers several rural towns has been identified as officials urged around 30,000 residents there to leave their homes by Wednesday morning.
"Today will be a very challenging day for firefighters," Jason Heffernan, Chief Officer at Victoria fire department told ABC television. "Today is one of those days when communities may need to take immediate action at very short notice."
Hundreds of firefighters were still battling a massive blaze near the city of Ballarat, 95 km west of Melbourne. The fire, burning since last Thursday, has already destroyed six homes, killed livestock and burnt more than 20,000 hectares (200 square kilometres).
A heat wave is set to sweep in from Australia's outback interior, moving across Victoria before likely shifting east to the state of New South Wales on Thursday. Total fire bans are in place across several cities, including Melbourne.
Dry lightning could spark new fires while strong winds forecast from Wednesday afternoon could spread the existing one near Ballarat, Heffernan said.
Heffernan urged people to reconsider any decision to stay back to protect their homes.
"Unless your property is immaculately prepared and you have firefighting resources available and you are fit and you are mentally capable to sustain a long duration firefight ... my strong advice to the community is to leave early," he said//CNA-VOI