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May 14, 2025

The 2025 Pesona Belitung Beach Festival (PBBF) held from May 9 to 11, 2025, successfully attracted thousands of visitors by involving more than 1,120 local artists. This festival presents lively entertainment and has a positive impact on the Belitung Regency economy of the Belitung community, especially to the tourism and creative economy sectors.

Belitung Regency Tourism Office Head Annyta explained that PBBF 2025 involved artists from 56 groups in the area. They held various artistic performances, ranging from dance, music, to various other artistic expressions that led to a lively atmosphere and attracted the attention of thousands of visitors who attended.

"We involved 1,120 artists from various fields during the three days of PBBF. This event also attracted more than 13,000 visitors," said Annyta on May 12, 2025.

PBBF 2025 also involved 110 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and creative economy actors who exhibited and sold various regional products.

"This is part of our efforts to encourage local economic growth. The transaction value recorded during the festival reached around Rp700 million, a fairly large figure amid current economic conditions," he added.

Another interesting activity during PBBF 2025 was the beach clean-up involving tourism actors and about 800 elementary school students around Tanjungpandan District, Belitung Regency.

The organizing of PBBF 2025, which is listed in the Tourism Ministry's Karisma Event Nusantara 2025 calendar of cultural festivals, aims to maintain environmental cleanliness and invites the younger generation to participate in preserving nature.

PBBF 2025 successfully combines art entertainment, economic contributions, and environmental concerns, making it an event that is commercially profitable and strengthens the collective awareness of culture and the environment in Belitung.

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