Menparekraf Checks Homestay Readiness In Gili Tramena For MotoGP Mandalika

Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno (second right) checks the readiness of a number of inns and homestays on three dyke namely Trawangan, Meno, and Air (Tramena) in North Lombok Regency, NTB/ANTARA/HO-Dispar NTB

NORTH LOMBOK - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno checked the readiness of lodging and homestays in three dykes namely Trawangan, Meno, and Air (Tramena), North Lombok Regency, NTB, in welcoming the MotoGP at the Mandalika Circuit on March 18-20 2022.

Sandiaga hopes that the homestay managers in the three dyke will improve their services and make tour packages, so that they become an attraction for tourists to stay while watching MotoGP.

"All services must be prepared, the facilities are improved, join the creative and can be packaged by watching MotoGP," he said in North Lombok, NTB, as reported by Antara, Saturday, February 19.

Sandiaga also gave suggestions for tour packages on the three dyke (Tramena) and watching the 2022 MotoGP, business actors opened a price of around Rp. 1.5 million, so that it could be the beginning of the revival of tourism on the three Gilis.

"I feel there is an economic revival here and I hope the planned package can really restore conditions in Tramena," he said.

The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy's visit to Gili Tramena was coupled with technical guidance activities (bimtek) to increase the capacity of homestay managers in tourist villages in the hope of strengthening the potential for visits to Gili Tramena.

Meanwhile, Head of the NTB Tourism Office, Yusron Hadi, said the number of rooms available on the three dyke reached 6,013 rooms and 30 percent of them are still operating.

"There are 98 homestays and all of them are still empty," he said.

According to him, the presence of the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy to Gili Tramena is to build optimism so that tourism actors in the region get up and prepare to welcome MotoGP in March.

"Tourism has now moved into a new era that prioritizes nature and culture, so city people want to enjoy and feel the natural atmosphere like the dyke," he said.