JAKARTA - West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) is increasingly confident to host the 2028 PON (National Sports Week) after the successful holding of the VIII 2025 National Community Sports Festival (Fornas).
The chairman of KONI NTB, Mori Hanafi, said that his area has the readiness of human resources (HR) and various other infrastructures that are able to support any event.
"The success of Fornas VIII is a valuable lesson and makes KONI NTB more confident when hosting the 2028 PON," said Hanafi.
The implementation of Fornas VIII has entered its sixth day. The organizers spread 36 venues in seven regencies/cities in NTB.
Fornas VIII 2025 competes in 74 Main Sports Organizations (Inorga). Apart from being a benchmark for PON preparation, this event is also the NTB government's strategy to boost national and international sport tourism destinations.
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"I estimate that it has reached 25 thousand activists and supporters who came to NTB. I can say, NTB is listed as the eastern province of Indonesia, which has a fairly large economic turnover when it hosts the National Fornas," he explained.
Fornas shows that people's sports can become a new magnet for sports tourism based on sport tourism, where local cultural power and natural beauty become a natural stage that strengthens its appeal.
The Governor of NTB, Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, emphasized that this sporting event is proof of NTB's readiness to host national and international events.
"We want the world to see NTB as a province that is friendly, healthy, creative, and ready to hold a world-class event. Everyone here can feel firsthand the beauty of our nature, a culture that lives, and the spirit of cooperation of the people of NTB," he said.
NTB is one of two provinces appointed to host the 2028 PON. They will hold the quadrennial event with East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).
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