Sandiaga Uno Said That WSBK Made Central Lombok PAD Additional IDR 300 Billion

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JAKARTA - The World Superbike 2023 (WSBK 2023) will be held from 3 to 5 March at the Mandalika Circuit. Last year, the audience was able to penetrate 51 thousand and break the record for being a large contributor to Regional Original Revenue (PAD).

This was also agreed by the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahudin Uno. According to him, the Central Lombol Regency PAD increased rapidly to Rp300 billion and was able to absorb 6,900 workers.

"In addition to the number of audience records, WSBK 2022 increased the value of Central Lombok PAD by Rp. 300 billion, absorbed 6,900 workers, and increased the average hotel occupancy by 100 percent," said Sandiaga Uno, Friday, January 13.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Central Board of the Indonesian Motor Association (IMI) Bambang Soesatyo also said that sports tourism events like WSBK could be branding for Indonesia.

"The presence of the WSBK event also encourages the development of the motorsport ecosystem in Indonesia, building the NTB economy in particular and becoming a country branding Indonesia to the world," he said.

"We believe that the presence of WSBK 2023 can again have various positive impacts on the community in line with the recovery of tourism after the revocation of the PPKM policy," he added.