World Beach Games 2023 Canceled in Bali, This Impact on Tourism

The cancellation of the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games which was supposed to be held on August 5-12 in the Nusa Dua area, Legian, Badung Regency, Bali, has been announced by the Indonesian Olympic Committee (NOC Indonesia). The reason for the cancellation was related to administrative problems, bureaucracy and insufficient funding to organize the match.

Responding to the cancellation, the Head of the Bali Tourism Office, Tjok Bagus Pemayun, emphasized that the cancellation was not due to rejection from the Bali Provincial Government. According to him, the Provincial Government of Bali is only responsible for providing facilities such as hotels and venues during the World Beach Games.

“The cancellation of the World Beach Games is not from us. We only provide venues and hotel rooms in locations close to the venues. The team from Jakarta has conducted a survey of hotels and venues for the World Beach Games,” he said on Wednesday (5/7/2023) ).

Regarding the reason for the cancellation caused by the lack of funds owned by the organizing committee for the implementation of the World Beach Games in Bali, as well as other bureaucratic reasons, the Head of the Bali Provincial Tourism Office, Tjok Bagus Pemayun, emphasized that Bali as the host had no commitment to provide funds.

The responsibility lies with the central government. The Provincial Government of Bali only provides facilities during the match.

Even though the implementation of the World Beach Games was cancelled, Tjok assessed that this would not have an impact on hotels in the Nusa Dua and Legian areas which were the venues for the event. This is because athletes from countries that will compete have not made hotel reservations.

“There hasn’t been a bad impact on hotels because they haven’t made hotel reservations yet,” concluded Tjok Pemayun.

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