The World's First MotoGP Museum Comes to Mandalika, InJourney: Help Boost Tourism

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CENTRAL LOMBOK - Indonesia has the blessing of Dorna to build the world's first MotoGP museum. This museum will be a new attraction for Lombok tourism that not only attracts global tourists, but also supports local and national economic growth.

InJourney's Director of Marketing and Tourism Program, Maya Watono explained that the MotoGP museum, which was built at the Mandalika Circuit, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), will strengthen the position of Pertamina Mandalika International Circuit as a world-class international racing destination.

"Pertamina MotoGPTM Experience Gallery not only strengthens Mandalika's position as an international racing destination, but also contributes greatly to the tourism sector in Central Lombok," he said when met at the Mandalika Circuit, Central Lombok, Sunday, September 29.

Maya hopes that the presence of the world's first MotoGP museum will attract domestic and international tourists to visit Mandalika.

"Also making Mandalika a comprehensive sport and entertainment tourism destination as well as introducing Indonesia's cultural wealth and natural beauty to the wider world," he said.

Meanwhile, the President Director of PT Pembangunan Pariwisata Indonesia (Persero) or InJourney Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), Ari Respati, said that the museum, which was built temporarily, aka semi-permanent, had been opened on the circuit as a form of promotion to MotoGP spectators and also the community.

"So I explained that the first museum is semi-permanent. Thank God we have Pertamina's full support, which in the future will build a permanent museum," said Ari.

Later, continued Ari, a permanent museum will be built. He said the semi-permanent museum was currently being built to answer the curiosity of what the MotoGP museum would be like.

In the future, we will build a permanent museum. Once again, building a museum cannot be built within 3 or 6 months, we need more than a year to build it. But to get around the teaser from curiosity, that's why we built a semi-permanent one," he said.

Ari explained that the semi-permanent museum displays all the attributes worn by MotoGP riders. From top to bottom, there are helmets (helmets), visors, racing suit, gloves (gloves), knee sliders, and boots.

Uniquely, continued Ari, the attributes on display have a history of the races that the riders have passed. For example, in Marc Marquez's racing suit, Pecco Bagnaia, to Fabio Quartararo.

In addition, there are also knee sliders belonging to Alex Marquez, Raul Fernandez, and Miguel Oliviera who have long marks from asphalt during the race.

Need Special Permission From Dorna

Ari admitted that to make queuing history belonging to MotoGP racers, special permission from Dorna was needed. This is because these attributes are of high value, even more than Rp. 1 billion.

"Dorna is also happy, enthusiastic, but also careful. Because the goods sent by Dorna are priceless, the price is expensive," he said.

"We asked for his belongings not only jerseys. We want a memento, where the rider who fell that year. That price is already more than Rp. 1 billion," continued Ari.

Therefore, according to Ari, this museum will become an important legacy for the automotive world, especially MotoGPTM. At the same time become a new attraction for Central Lombong.

Museum ini akan menjadi ikon baru yang tidak hanya menarik wisatawan global, tetapi juga mendukung pertumbuhan ekonomi lokal dan nasional melalui industri pariwisata dan event olahraga berbasis internasional, jelasnya.

The MotoGP Museum has several main galleries, including the South Gallery which functions as a multipurpose space with a capacity of up to 50 people.

Meanwhile, the North Gallery at Pertamina MotoGP Experience Gallery presents an in-depth experience of the MotoGPTM world with various interactive and informative zones.

Visitors can see the extreme speed of MotoGP bikes in the Up-to 366.1 Kilometers per Hour area and feel the excitement of Kids Corner, an educational activation specifically designed for children. This program is an Intellectual Property (IP) from Dorna, through interactive installations in this gallery.

In the 'Safety Behind The Wheels' gallery, the original memorabilia of the racer brought in by Dorna will be displayed. The 'Beyond the Circuits' area will try to provide a 'backstage access' experience to visitors to peek at the atmosphere inside the paddock, here visitors can see that every racer always gets technical support at the time of the race.

There is also an area of 'The Frontrunners' consisting of three sections. Pertamina & Motorsport, which displays the history of Pertamina's involvement in the development of the motorsport industry in Indonesia, Pertamina Lubricants, which highlights Pertamina's innovation in lubricant products, and Pertamina Enduro VR46.

Visitors can also understand the unique challenges of the Mandalika Circuit through the The Twists and Turns area and see the journey of local circuit construction and culture in Brief History of Mandalika & MotoGP.

Meanwhile, The Lane of Fame features racers competing in the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia this season as well as historical MotoGP moments.