REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian National Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC) has estimated that some five billion spectators around the world will watch the international sporting event of the Asian Games. It will be held from August 18 to September 2, 2018.

"We are targeting five billion pairs of eyes from around the world that will watch the Asian Games," Dani, the media and PR director of INASGOC, noted at a Media Personnel Technical Coordination meeting in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta, on Friday.

According to Dani, the number of indirect viewers, or those not present at the venues of the matches, will be far more when compared to the live audience, or those at the location.

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"Certainly, the number of indirect viewers, for instance, through streaming, will be more than the number of direct audience. We are responsible for broadcasting the broadest possible number of Asian Games matches," Dani noted.

Furthermore, he stated that there will be increasingly more number of direct and indirect viewers of the Asian Games, and it is expected to broaden the understanding of Indonesia among more people.

"Hence, we continue to strive, so that Indonesia can come under the global spotlight, as the host that is able to hold the Asian Games well and successfully," Dani stated.

He revealed that if Indonesia is able to successfully hold the 2018 Asian Games, the country could most likely also be hosting the upcoming 2032 Olympic Games.

"If implementation of the 2018 Asian Games is successful, Indonesia will have the opportunity to host the 2032 Olympics. We hope that the Asian Games in Indonesia would receive global acclaim," Dani added.

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