ITDC: The Progress Of MICE Area Development In Golo Mori Labuan Bajo NTT Has Reached 90 Percent

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) reports that the progress of the construction of meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition (MICE) areas in Golo Mori, Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara has reached 90 percent.

President Director of Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Ari Respati in his statement Kupang, Saturday, March 11, said that the percentage includes the progress of the construction work of MICE facilities and the basic infrastructure of the area.

The MICE area is equipped with a beach club, observation deck, and wooden pier that the government plans to become one of the venues for a series of summit activities in May.

Ari said that his party is optimistic that all construction work in the MICE area can be completed according to the target by the end of the first quarter (Q1) 2023 this year.

He said the realization of the progress of the construction of each work item was the construction of regional road infrastructure reaching 92.54 percent, while the work of MICE, Beach Club, observation deck was 89.19 percent.

The progress of regional road infrastructure work includes the construction of main road lanes, road shoulder, road drainage channels, Public Street Lighting (PJU), landscapes, road markings, signs, and guardrails on the side of the road.

Meanwhile, the total progress of MICE construction work includes Convention Hall, Public Entrance, Lobby VVIP, Lounge VVIP, Meeting Room VVIP and Media Center, and Observation Deck.

Furthermore, said Ari, the development of the MICE area in Golo Mori NTT is the third government assignment for ITDC in the development of tourism destinations in Indonesia. After previously in The Nusa Dua area Bali and The Mandalika NTB.

Ari added that ITDC is also committed to carrying out this assignment as well as possible, so that it can meet the expectations and targets of the government.

"We hope that this area will succeed in becoming a venue for the ASEAN Summit and can become a new leading tourist icon in eastern Indonesia," he said, quoted by Antara.

Head of the West Manggarai Communication and Information Office, Paulus Setahu, was contacted saying that ensuring 4G mobile combat telecommunications services at the location of the ASEAN Summit in May 2023 in Labuan Bajo were well connected.

The West Manggarai Regency Government has coordinated and monitored the network in Warloka Village, Komodo District with the Telkom Labuan Bajo team.

From the results of this monitoring, he said, the fiber optic network from Labuan Bajo to the Indonesia ITDC region through the Nggrang-Kenari-ITDC route and the Gorontalo-Kenari-ITDC route have been connected.

He continued the network connectivity with 4G capacity already active in the ITDC area which radiated from the Telkomsel combat tower.