The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy revealed that 6,500 delegates would come to Indonesia during the G20 Summit (G20 Summit) next year. Deputy for Tourism Products and Event Organizers at the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Rizki Handayani, said that this moment would directly and indirectly improve the national economy. The government is considered to be able to obtain investment and earn income from the expenditure side of the delegation during the G20 Summit activities in the country. "The total expenditure of the delegation during the good activity was obtained by hotels, venues, restaurants, vendors, organizers, the MSME industry, tours and travel, tourist attractions, and others," Kiki said, as she is known to Bisnis, Sunday (12/9/2021).
Based on Kemenparekraf records, the 2022 G20 Presidency will bring in foreign tourists from 20 member countries, international organizations and invited countries with an estimated 6,500 delegates, namely 38 world leaders, 60 accompanying ministers and 6,000 press. Kiki said the G20 Summit could be a momentum for the reopening of tourist destinations in Indonesia in addition to increasing cooperation and investment with member countries. "Currently, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is still in the process of preparing the APBN allocation to support the implementation of the G20, which is of course conditional by taking into account various other important considerations," he said. As previously reported, Indonesia will host the G20 Summit in 2022. The plan is for the international event to take place in Bali. Deputy Governor of Bali Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati said the G20 Summit to be held on the Island of the Gods would be profitable. The reason is, in every international conference, the central government will pay more attention to infrastructure in Bali.
For example, when the 2013 APEC Summit was held in Bali, the central government realized the construction of the Bali Mandara Sea Toll Road. Likewise, at the 2018 IMF-WB meeting in Bali, the Dewa Ruci Simpang underpass was also built. "G20 because we just got good news, our experience [for] APEC is to build toll roads, IMF can underpass," he said, Tuesday (23/2/2021). According to him, Bali is still looking for infrastructure development opportunities that can support the economy. Currently, Bali is pushing for the realization of the construction of the Jembrana-Denpasar toll road and the Buleleng shortcut. In addition to the two projects, Cok Ace assesses that there are other infrastructures that can be improved in Bali to support the implementation of the G20 Summit, such as infrastructure that can solve congestion in Sanur and Suwung areas.
