Sandiaga Uno Trusted To Create National And International Sports Festivals To Support DBON

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno is trusted to hold a national to international sports festival to support the National Sports Grand Design (DBON).

Sandiaga said the festival was aimed at encouraging revival in the field of national sports.

"We were tasked with designing several sports festivals at the national and international level to encourage revival, especially in the field of developing our human resources in the field of national sports," said Sandiaga in a written statement in Jakarta, Sunday, May 15.

Sandiaga said, one aspect that is now developing and accelerating due to the COVID-19 pandemic is the revival of the sports-based tourism sector, namely sports tourism and sport as a recreation. According to him, this is in line with DBON.

"To echo and make the community's fever of exercise has a very positive impact, namely the impact in terms of preventive promotive health but also the impact of achievement because they started as a general sport, but eventually were able to specialize through sports festivals," said Sandiaga.