Fajarasiac – Lancing mountain area, Mekarsari Village, West Praya District, West Nusa Tenggara. Will be made into an international scale Paragliding sports area. The world paragliding with the theme of the 2022 Nusantara rainbow is planned to take place on August 25-28, 2022.
PNB Colonel. Agung Sasongkojati, as Paban II, Spot Dirga, Air Force Headquarters, said that the activities to be carried out in Central Lombok were on a national and international scale, but Central Lombok was chosen as the location for the activity because Mandalika is currently a rising star in Indonesia.
“Mandalika has become a world magnet for international and national events. Therefore, the Indonesian Air Force considers Central Lombok Regency worthy as a world paragliding center with beautiful beaches and hills,” he said in a release received by the Editor, Friday (24/06/2022).
He said that last year’s TNI AU paragliding activity was carried out in Batam and previously in Ende Regency, NTT Province. Paragliding is an adventure tourism sport because this sport has added value because apart from being a sports vehicle but also as a tourist vehicle.
“In Turkey, flying balloons are expensive tourist destinations, so why not in Indonesia, Paragliding is a mainstay tourist vehicle,” he said.
According to him, there are many Paragliding Spots in Central Lombok, including Torok Aik Belek beach, Montong Ajan Village, Southwest Praya, Areguling and Lancing areas. However, of all the available spots, Lancing is the best spot in Indonesia, beating Bali. “The purpose of this activity, said Agung, is to intensify aerospace activities, including promoting tourism so that people are interested in the world of aerospace,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the Regent of Central Lombok, H.L. Pathul Bahri, strongly agrees with the plan for the Paragliding Pelangi Nusantara 2022 activity which will take place in the Lancing Praya Barat beach area on August 25-28. He asked all staff of the Loteng local government assistants to coordinate with the Air Force (AU) to prepare all the necessities for the success of this world-scale Paragliding event. “I do not want any obstacles and obstacles for the success of this activity,” he said.
Meanwhile, the owner of the Lancing Santo area, admitted that the Paragliding location in the Lancing hills area has received official permission from the organizing team, because it is considered the best for Paragliding activities on a national and international scale.
Not only that, Santo also admitted that he is currently preparing the location optimally, so that later there will be no obstacles in terms of where the activities are carried out. “There are no problems with the athletes’ flying altitude permits and everything will run smoothly,” he said. (LS)
