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The Weekly Brief With Sandi Uno on E-sport summit - 

The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy/Head of the Tourism and Creative Economy Agency (Menparekraf/Kabaparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno supports the holding of the “Indonesia Esports Summit 2022: Bali 14th World Esports Championship” which will be held in Bali on December 2-11 2022.

Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno during “The Weekly Brief With Sandi Uno” at the Sapta Pesona Building, Jakarta, Monday (29/8/2022), said that the implementation of the 'Indonesia Esports Summit 2022: Bali 14th World Esports Championship' directly participated in achieving target 1 .1 million jobs in 2022 and 4.4 million new jobs in 2024.

The E-sports Summit is an annual celebration of the Indonesian e-sports ecosystem initiated by the Indonesian E-sports Executive Board and involves all Indonesian e-sports stakeholders ranging from game publishers, game developers, pro-teams, athletes, influencers, brands, communities, media , and local and homeland indie games.

"This is interesting, because Indonesian tourism has started to recover, but if you look at Bali, the metric data that we follow, Bali has not fully recovered. Meanwhile, Yogyakarta, Bandung, are much more recovered. In Bali, the occupancy rate of this hotel is very low, so we appreciate this," said Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga.

Sandiaga said that this event was also clear evidence of the development of e-sports in Indonesia. Esports provides many opportunities for the younger generation to work and have a career.

"In addition to being an achievement sport, the e-sport community in Indonesia has also developed into a lifestyle and culture for the younger generation," said Sandiaga.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Tuesday, the Deputy for Digital Economy and Creative Products Kemenparekraf/Baparekraf, Neil El Hilman, said that Indonesia has great potential to develop games made by the nation's children. Kemenparekraf will continue to develop the ecosystem.

"What we need in the future is to build the ecosystem so that our games can finally be used out there and can be competed internationally," said Neil.

Event Director of the Indonesia Esports Summit 2022, Diana Sutrisno, said that the Indonesia Esports Summit: Bali 14th World Esports Championships will be the largest outdoor e-sports event in the world. The participants will take part in e-sport activities while enjoying the beauty of the beach and the beautiful natural charm of Bali.

"We are here for the first time, the biggest e-sport event in the world, we invite 120 countries with 700 athletes to compete offline in Bali. This is the event that we take the challenge in outdoor, for the first time Indonesian e-sports have an outdoor competition, this time we make it on the beach, because unfortunately we have a beach, there is a view to see, "said Diana.

Diana believes that Indonesia Esports Summit: Bali 14th World Esports Championships will be a strong foundation for Indonesia in the future as one of the centers and barometers of world e-sports//VOI