Bali Gets 'Durian Runtuh', Improvement Of Infrastructure Rp800 Billion From The G20 Summit

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Bali Governor Wayan Koster explained the positive effects received from the host of the G20 Summit. There is improvement and infrastructure development worth Rp800 billion from the central government.

"The G20 meeting provides direct and indirect benefits. The direct benefits of Bali are infrastructure development or infrastructure with a total budget of more than Rp800 billion from the state budget," said Koster in Denpasar, Friday, November 18.

Infrastructure is not only used to support the implementation of the G20 Summit. But it can be used to improve the quality of Bali as a world tourist destination.

Some of them are the VVIP Building of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport and the mangrove seeding area in Ngurah Rai Tahura.

"The VVIP building is very good, the President also said it is very good and I think it is the best in Indonesia and even the world, it is entrusted to the Bali Provincial Government. We are also given an area where the naming of mangroves is very beautiful, it will become a natural tourist destination with very good arrangement," said the Governor as quoted by Antara.

During the G20 trip in Bali, Governor Koster admitted that he had the task of supervising and accelerating the development and infrastructure arrangement of the Minister of PUPR Basuki Hadimuljono.

What took place in Bali apart from the construction of the VVIP building at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport and the arrangement of the Tahura mangroves were the construction of the front of the Luhur Temple of Narmada and the construction of the park in front of the statue of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Tuban.

In addition, the arrangement and construction of infrastructure facilities at Garuda Wisnu Kencana is also carried out, structuring the Bali Mandara Toll Road, widening roads and structuring a number of pedestrian paths.

"This makes Bali very neat and beautiful, used for the G20, but once finished this is useful in order to support the Balinese tourism ecosystem so that it can advance to the next class. This is a long term, besides that, Balinese local products are also used for banquets at hotels," said Koster.

He said direct benefits outside the infrastructure were also formed, especially for the community, such as the use of local products from food offerings, endek fabrics, souvenirs from MSMEs and local IKMs, to highlighted cultures.

"I have received a response from IKM and MSMEs, they are very proud because their endek woven fabrics and handicraft products are used. Of course, it is not the only local Balinese product used, nor Indonesia because it describes products from other regions, but Bali has already got a special place," he said.

In addition, during the G20, Koster said there were talks related to investment in Bali, from plans to build toll roads, electric trains, clean energy to electric vehicles.