Have you spoken to a lot of the top drivers?
A lot of them have said they are not willing to go. Im sure a lot of the drivers could afford to go off their own steam but they "choose" not to go.
Back in the early "naughties" when Spash came back from the worlds he warned everyone who was going to take old clothes, leave watches etc at home. Is that really a place where anyone wants to be going a) to race and b) to socialise afterwards
People look forward to the travelling and it is also a holiday for a lot of people, god knows why the rep from that section chooses such a place?