Jokowi Is Scheduled To Open The Biggest Exhibition In Southeast Asia 'Jakarta Fair 2024' Tomorrow Night

Illustration. President Jokowi visited the exhibition winning the infrastructure development photo competition at Monas, Jakarta, Sunday 27 August 2017. (ANTARA PHOTO-Galih Pradipta)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is scheduled to attend the opening night of the largest exhibition in Southeast Asia Jakarta Fair 2024 at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, on Wednesday, June 12 evening.

"Yes, it is true that the President has opened it," said Marketing Director of PT Jakarta International Expo Ralph Scheunemann when confirmed in Jakarta, Tuesday, June 11, as reported by Antara.

Ralph said that the opening night of the Jakarta Fair 2024 in the main stage area will also be enlivened by fireworks and musical performances from the singer duo, OKAAY.

The biggest, most complete and longest exhibition event, Jakarta Fair Kemayoran 2024 will last for 33 days from 12 June-14 July 2024.

The Jakarta Fair, which is an annual agenda to welcome the anniversary of the City of Jakarta, will be held 55th this year.

"Jakarta Fair has been born since 1968, and because it had been on hiatus for two years, this year it became the 55th Jakarta Fair which was held," Ralph said at a press conference at JI-Expo Kemayoran Jakarta, some time ago.

Ralph detailed that the entrance ticket price will start at IDR 40 thousand, namely on Monday, but it does not include entrance tickets to the concert.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday-Friday, ticket prices amounted to IDR 50 thousand and Saturday-Sunday weekends and holidays with IDR 60 thousand.

The joint entrance tickets (bondling) for exhibitions and concerts are sold varying from Rp. 80,000 to Rp. 180 thousand.

This year's Jakarta Fair Kemayoran exhibition was attended by 2,550 participating companies consisting of 1,550 booths showing off superior products.

The participants came from various business scales, including multinational companies, large, medium and small businesses, SOEs, as well as platforms for provincial and district governments from various parts of the country.

"The percentage composition of participants is 60 percent of the private sector and 40 percent of the MSME sector. There are also various MSMEs assisted by the government, as well as private MSMEs," said Ralph.

Various MSME products and cooperatives from various provinces in Indonesia will occupy Hall-B3 and C3, and spread over various points throughout the exhibition arena.

Jakarta Fair Kemayoran 2024 participants will showcase products from various industrial sectors such as automotive cars and motorcycles, gadgets and computers as well as sports equipment.

Also, fashion and garment, household appliances, furniture, electronic goods, culinary, creative industry, handicrafts, herbs and medicines, banking, service products, cosmetics and others.