Transactions at the Surabaya Great Expo 2022 exhibition held by the local city government at the Grand City Exhibition Hall, Surabaya City, East Java, for five days from 24-29 August 2022, reaching IDR 7.4 billion. Head of the Surabaya City Small and Medium Business Cooperatives and Trade Office, Fauzie Mustaqiem Yos, said in Surabaya on Monday that he was grateful that this national-scale exhibition transaction had exceeded the target set from IDR 5 billion to IDR 7.4 billion. "Alhamdulillah, the transaction exceeded the target and the visitors also exceeded the target because the target was only 25 thousand visitors to 27 thousand visitors. So, this proves that exhibition activities in Surabaya still provide extraordinary prospects," said Yos. According to him, this national exhibition is a form of support from the Surabaya City Government for the economic conditions and investment climate in the city of Surabaya. Therefore, in this exhibition various talk shows, training, art and entertainment performances as well as various competitions have also been held in this series of activities. The Surabaya Great Expo 2022 exhibition with the theme, "Strong UMKM Surabaya Great", also plays a role in giving a positive impact on economic activities in the city of Surabaya. In addition, this exhibition has inspired other parties to be able to create similar activities, in line with the spirit of struggle and mutual cooperation to rise together which continues and benefits the people of Surabaya City and will continue in the following years. "In the future, the Surabaya City Government will continue to fully support the agenda of strengthening the economy on a national and regional scale which is also related to investment opportunities, especially for regional superior products and also several other sectors, including the tourism and creative economy sectors, the industrial sector, the industrial sector, and the industrial sector. trade and micro, small and medium enterprises and efforts to increase exports," he said. Therefore, he also expressed his infinite gratitude to PT Debindo Mitra Tama for organizing the Surabaya Great Expo 2022 activity as well as all OPD, BUMN, BUMD, and all parties who have participated. "Hopefully in the coming years the Surabaya Great Expo exhibition activities can continue to be held and have a positive impact on the people of Surabaya City, especially for SMEs," he said.

Meanwhile, Surabaya Mayor Eri Cahyadi said that although this event was over, his party hoped that all parties would jointly mobilize Surabaya SMEs. This is because the economic movement of Surabaya and Indonesia is mostly driven by MSMEs. "Therefore, we must continue to jointly mobilize and increase the production of these MSMEs," said Eri. He also invited residents to be proud of using the MSME products, because who else would use the MSME products if not starting from the residents themselves. In fact, Mayor Eri also invited residents not only to say that MSME products are good, but actually use MSME products. "So, we must be proud to use MSME products in their respective regions, because who else will use MSME products if not us-us," he said.

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