The Mandalika MotoGP Event Is Getting Closer, Sandiaga Uno Again Reminds Hospitality Not To Hide Rooms To Raise Prices

Menparekraf Sandiaga S. Uno. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Mandalika 2022 MotoGP is getting closer. This has triggered an increase in hotel room orders in the Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) area.

In fact, room prices also jumped dramatically. Therefore, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno asked hoteliers in the area not to hide rooms to increase their rates.

"I firmly ask all hotel managers around the Mandalika area not to intentionally hide rooms with the intention of increasing the rate of stay," he said, quoted from Instagram @sandiuno, Wednesday, February 16.

Sandiaga emphasized that his party invites all parties to collaborate. This includes encouraging the issuance of a Governor Regulation that regulates the upper and lower limit rates

"The goal is clear, namely to bring tourism that is more accessible to all people, not exclusive but inclusive," he said.

The former deputy governor of DKI Jakarta explained that by presenting tourism that could be reached by all levels of society, tourism would recover faster and the economy would rise.

As is known, the tourism sector is one of the sectors that has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Declining tourist visits and the lack of hotel rooms are a challenge for this sector during the pandemic.

"That way we are optimistic that Lombok tourism will recover, the economy will rise, and job opportunities will be wide open," he explained.

Previously reported, Sandiaga Uno claimed to have prepared options to anticipate price spikes, both for lodging and transportation such as vehicle rentals, ahead of and during the 2022 Mandalika MotoGP.

According to Sandi, one of them is that a Governor's Regulation will be issued which sets the threshold by setting the zone, main zone, zone one, and buffer zone.

"An NTB Governor Regulation (Pergub) will be issued to provide a threshold for room fees per night and transportation costs," said Sandi during the Mandalika 2022 MotoGP Weekly Synchronization meeting in an official statement, Tuesday, February 15.

Then, continued Sandi, his party also added accommodation, including the provision of floating hotels in collaboration with PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia/PELNI (Persero) and Pelindo, cruise ship operators, phinisi ship operators, utilization of proper housing around Mandalika, and training centers. owned by the ministry/institution.

"The preparation of the camping ground (CG) in collaboration with operators such as Eiger and BoboBox, as well as accommodation options in Bali," he said.

The plan is for CG to be built in the West and East Zones of Mandalika by the government, which is currently finalizing the concept of placement.

Kemenparekraf will coordinate with the NTB Provincial Government and related parties such as the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) to map out the distribution of accommodation in the area.

This mapping includes reviewing the occupancy rate in order to anticipate the surge in the need for hotel rooms, homestays, and tourism residential facilities (sarhunta).

On that occasion, Sandi also revealed that the hotel's occupancy rate around the location of the MotoGP race at the Pertamina Mandalika Circuit, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province as of Tuesday, February 15, was full.