The F1 Powerboat Can Encourage Nusantara Tourist Visits Of Up To 1 Million To Lake Toba

Deputy Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Angela Tanoesoedibjo. (Screenshot of / Mery Handayani)

JAKARTA - The F1 Powerboat is expected to be able to encourage domestic tourist visits (wisnus) to Lake Toba, North Sumatra. The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) projects that there will be an increase of up to 1 million from the previous year.

For your information, this international motorboat racing event is the second time it has been held in Lake Toba. Previously, this international event or event had been held in 2023.

The international racing event this time will be held from 2 to 3 March 2024 in Balige, North Sumatra.

Tahun ini akan mengalami pertumbuhan wisatawan nusantara meningkat. Mungkin ada tambahan 1 jut perjalanan lagi, karena kan tahun lalu itu kurang lebih 24 juta. Kami ingin naik ke 25 juta, ujar Wamenparekraf Angela Tanoesoedibjo dalam acara konferensi pers kes kesapuan F1 Powerboat Lake Toba 2024 secara virtual, Selasa, 27 Februari.

Meanwhile, Angela continued, foreign tourist visits are projected to rise from the previous year. Although not significant.

"And for foreign tourists, we are targeting 200,000, from last year it was around 197,000. We hope this can also help us in achieving this year's target which is quite an increase for nationally," he said.

Referring to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), continued Angela, the implementation of F1 Powerboat 2023 foreign tourist visits in North Sumatra reached 197,015 visits.

"This is up more than 220 percent from the previous year. This means that post-pandemic recovery is extraordinary. One of the drivers is events," he said.

Therefore, continued Angela, in the future activities or events including sports (sport tourism) will be a strategy in boosting Indonesian tourism. Including, developing super priority tourism destinations to want topin other destinations.

"Of course, Kemenparekraf, we are committed to continuing to support sports events such as the Powerboat F1 in five tourism destinations (super priority), as well as in other destinations as one of our special strategies," he said.