World Water Forum 2024 (WWF 2024) was successfully held in Bali from 18 to 25 May 2024. Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno said that the impact of organizing the 10th World Water Forum 2024 on the tourism sector and creative economy reached more than 1.3 trillion rupiah. This was revealed by Sandiaga Uno during The Weekly Brief with Sandi Uno which was held hybrid in Jakarta Monday (03/06/2024).
“The economic impact with the survey that we have conducted with a 95 percent confidence level, with a margin of error of 5 percent, 400 more respondents said that they spent above 38.8 million and this is a figure far above our prediction of around 2000 dollars initial target. And the total economic impact which is above 1.3 trillion is also between the range of 1 to 1.5 trillion contributions from the World Water Forum to the MICE and tourism-based economy in Bali and its surroundings,“ the Minister explained.
Furthermore, Minister Sandiaga Uno said that the 2024 World Water Forum was able to drive national economic activity, both Bali as the host and national economic activity. (Voi-NK-Mar)