The Mandalika MotoGP is scheduled to take place from March 18–20, at the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok District, West Nusa Tenggara Province.
"Based on our data collection on the field, there are 6,664 rooms that are still available," Head of the West Nusa Tenggara Tourism Office Yusron Hadi said when contacted by telephone here on Wednesday.
The available accommodation ranges from hotels, villas, bungalows, homestays to residential facilities for tourism (sarhunta), he informed.
"Especially in Gili Trawangan, Air, and Meno. Then, Senaru, Sembalun, and Suranadi," he said.
Hadi said he is optimistic that as the event gets closer, more rooms will be booked by spectators.
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The availability of the rooms will continue to be communicated to travel agents and accommodation platforms, he added.
Therefore, he stressed that tourists coming to Lombok to watch MotoGP need not worry about accommodation because many rooms are still available.
"No need to worry about not getting lodgings because there are still plenty of rooms available in Lombok," he said.
Earlier, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto confirmed that fully vaccinated MotoGP spectators will not be required to undergo COVID-19 testing.
"We have received the direction from the President that since West Nusa Tenggara's second dose vaccination coverage has reached 70 percent, spectators at the Mandalika MotoGP who have been vaccinated twice (fully vaccinated) are no longer required to be tested, both with PCR or antigen tests," he said.
According to the minister, the policy will apply to Indonesian spectators as well as those arriving from abroad.
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