City Government Prepares 1,216 Rooms In Cakranegara For MotoGP Guests

Head of Cakranegara Sub-district, Mataram City, Irfan S Soeratie. (Photo: ANTARA/Nirkomala)

MATARAM - The Mataram City Government, West Nusa Tenggara Province, has prepared 1,216 rooms in Cakranegara District to be an alternative lodging place for MotoGP guests, which will take place March 20, 2022 at the Mandalika Circuit, Central Lombok Regency.

Cakranegara Sub-district Mataram City Irfan S Soeratie said the 1,216 rooms were managed residences or boarding houses that were successfully recorded through the village apparatus.

"At the beginning of the data collection at the end of January we got 1,016 rooms, now it has increased by 200 rooms to become 1,216 rooms," he said, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, February 16.

The preparation of alternative lodging was carried out because as a buffer area for the implementation of MotoGP, the City of Mataram was asked to prepare 25,000 rooms or alternative beds for MotoGP guest lodging to meet the needs of around 70,000 MotoGP guests.

Of the number of rooms that have been prepared, he continued, there have been orders but not in the form of groups but individually. However, in principle, the Cakranegara District is ready to support the success of the grand MotoGP event.

"If the number of rooms needed is still lacking, we will try to collect data again by contacting the residential management," he said.

Irfan assessed that the MotoGP event had an impact on the community's economic activity, especially in the tourism sector, so that his party continued to disseminate information to its citizens to prepare themselves to welcome MotoGP, one of which was preparing alternative residential places.

"We are ready to help the community, even the Tourism Office will set up a tourist information center. Tourists or spectators who have not received lodging can contact the service, and we are ready to promote residents' houses that are considered worthy," he said.

Touching on the rates for a number of hotels in Cakranegara District, Irfan said, as long as hotel business actors, especially jasmine hotels are included in integrated applications such as Traveloka, the rates are still safe or standard.

"Otherwise, the increase we are monitoring will only double, nothing more," he said.

The preparation of alternative lodging was carried out because as a buffer area for the implementation of MotoGP, the City of Mataram was asked to prepare 25,000 rooms or alternative beds for MotoGP guest lodgings to meet the needs of 70,000 MotoGP guests.