H-19 MotoGP At The Mandalika Circuit, 7,495 Lodging Rooms In Lombok Still Empty

MotoGP will be held at the Mandalika Circuit, Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). (Kemenparekraf doc)

JAKARTA - MotoGP will be held at the Mandalika Circuit, Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) on March 18-20, 2022. By the 19th day of the international motorcycle racing event, the number of accommodation rooms that are still vacant in the area reaches 7,495 rooms.

"The vacant rooms are spread out in a number of tourist areas, both in Mataram City, West Lombok Regency, North Lombok, East Lombok, North Lombok and around the Mandalika circuit in Central Lombok Regency," said Head of the NTB Tourism Office, Yusron Hadi. contacted Antara from Mataram, Saturday, March 5th.

As for the accommodation rooms that are still empty from the booking, the details are as follows, as many as 1,191 star hotels, 972 jasmine rooms, 396 rooms villas, 958 rooms bungalows, 1,203 rooms homestays, 245 flats rooms, 2,420 rooms camping ground and 110 rooms Sarhunta.

Yusron explained, for the City of Mataram there are 576 rooms that are still empty. Consists of star hotels, jasmine, homestays, and flats. The average rate per room is Rp. 500 thousand to Rp. 1.5 million per night.

Meanwhile, in the Sembalun tourist area in East Lombok Regency, there are 283 rooms that are still empty. On average in this place lodging rooms are sold at a price of Rp. 200 thousand to Rp. 2 million per night.

Next, the three Gili areas (Trawangan, Meno and Air) in North Lombok Regency. The total number of rooms that are still available or still empty is quite a lot, namely 2,721 rooms. Starting from star class, jasmine, villa, bungalow, homestay, and sarhunta.

"For the three Gili areas, the average room for sale starts at the lowest price of Rp. 200 thousand to the highest price of Rp. 3.9 million per night," he said.

In addition, there are also in the Sekotong area with a total of 536 rooms, ranging from homestays and camping ground. Prices per room start from Rp. 200 thousand to Rp. 500 thousand. The Senggigi tourist area in West Lombok Regency has 431 rooms. Per room is sold for Rp. 200 thousand to Rp. 5.5 million per night.

In the Jerowaru area, East Lombok Regency, there are 252 rooms available at a price of Rp. 200 thousand to Rp. 3 million. Then in the Pemenang, Tanjung and Gangga areas in North Lombok, there are 416 rooms. Room rates start from IDR 500 thousand to IDR 7.4 million per night.

Then continued Yusron, in North Lombok Regency, precisely in Lingsar and Suranadi, there are 638 rooms with room prices of IDR 250 thousand to IDR 500 thousand per night. Shifting to the Batukliang and Kopang areas in Central Lombok Regency, there are 1,232 rooms that are still vacant. Starting from jasmine hotels, homestays, and camping ground.

Besides that, it is also in the tourist area of Senaru or precisely at the foot of Mount Rinjani in North Lombok Regency. In this place there are 896 vacant rooms. The price offered is quite cheap starting from Rp. 200 thousand to Rp. 1.5 million per night.

Tetebatu and Labuan Haji tourist areas in East Lombok Regency 1,072 rooms are still available. The price offered starts from Rp. 150 thousand to Rp. 1 million per night. Then in the Mandalika tourist area, the available rooms are still quite a lot, reaching 1,565 rooms. The prices offered start from Rp. 200 thousand to Rp. 3 million per night.

"This condition can indeed change when someone cancels a booking and adds bookings and purchases within a certain time," said the former Head of the NTB Marine and Fisheries Service.

Therefore, seeing the condition of the rooms there are still many empty. Yusron hopes that tourists who will come to Lombok to watch MotoGP will not have to worry about not getting accommodation because everything is still quite available. Even though NTB still lacks hotel rooms, considering the number of audience quotas decided by the government, it reached 60 thousand people from the previous 100 thousand people.

"So we hope you don't have to worry about not getting lodging because there are still plenty of rooms available," he concluded.