Sandiaga Ensures Indonesia To Host World Superbike March 2022

Sandiaga Uno (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno confirmed that Indonesia will host the World Superbike event in March 2022.

"This World Superbike will involve 24 foreign athletes who will compete for the prestigious event at the end of the World Superbike season," said Sandiaga in the Presidential Secretariat's Youtube show, Wednesday, June 2.

Sandiaga estimates that there will be 20 thousand spectators per day in this event. However, he received direction from President Joko Widodo that the implementation must implement strict and disciplined health protocols, both for athletes, as well as official crew, as well as spectators.

"Of course, this will be adjusted to the Covid data in November. The decision whether from the audience capacity of 20 thousand per day is 10, 20, or 30 percent, it will be determined at the last moment," he explained.

Sandiaga said, athletes are expected to attend 5 days before training with the status of having been vaccinated by 6 vaccines that have been approved by WHO.

"Before departure, carry out PCR tests. After arrival in quarantine, athletes will continue to routinely carry out testing," he said.

The audience will also undergo tiered testing and it is also hoped that the implementation of strict and disciplined health protocols will be carried out.

Sandiaga hopes that this will inspire enthusiasm and show other world-class tournaments that Indonesia is ready.

"COVID-19 forces us to adapt. We do this with full consequences in totality to turn off the control of COVID-19," said Sandiaga.

"We hope to be able to re-express, both the economy and tourism within the framework of controlling COVID-19," he concluded.