Lombok News

Some giant billboard stand in several strategic locations filled with NTB tourism promotion of their VLS 2012 program. Among them is at the front of Soekarno-Hatta Airport Cengkareng, Ngurah Rai Airport Bali as well as other gateways to Indonesia. “The billboards installment will cooperate with private companies such as Newmont Nusa Tenggara and several government companies,” said head of NTB Tourism and Cultural Division, Gita Aryadi to the press yesterday. (more…)

Hotel occupancy rate (HOR) for stars hotel decreased 13.04 percent during January 2011. If it is compared with that December 2010 resulted 53.26 percent occupancy, then HOR in January 2011 merely 40.22 percent. Moreover, their length of stay also decreased, that was 2.52 day or lessened 0.24 percent from 2.76 days. Number of guests stayed also decrease up to 27.53 percent or from 26.953 people become 19.534 people. (more…)

Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) spreading their tourism promotion into Asia in order to gathered tourists from China and India. It is due to the potential number of Chinese come to Indonesia even though it just 14 percent of them or around 600 thousand per year. That number is bigger than Middle East tourists whose amount only ten of thousand. NTB is also targeting Australian augmentation due to its relatively closer location if compared with Europe. (more…)

Up to November 2010, number of tourists come to Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) had reached 662.717 people from 700 thousand target required this year. Hopes that in December 2010 the target can be fulfilled. But uncertain weather condition feared could disturbed tourists end of the year holiday, especially those who come from big cities in Java. (more…)

The development of tourism in NTB in the last two years received special attention from national tourism performer. It makes NTB become the sample area for local tourism development. (more…)

There are 18 participants consists of motorcycle taxi drivers and cidomo – buggy carter – and taxi driver in a story telling competition, about tourism object. The event held by NTB Cultural and Tourism Agency at Musem NTB yesterday. (more…)

Starting from January 2010 not all travel agent could go in and out passengers’ check in room at Mataram Selaparang Airport. Therefore, airport pass is given for the agents that already have business and counter at the airport. This limitation is in order to prevent density in the airport. For those, travel agents helped their guests check in should use guest card for ten thousand Rupiah each time they entering the airport. (more…)

In the end of 2009, Senggigi tourism object will still flooded by tourists. Rooms in every hotel had declared fully reserved though the guests should bought high packet prize – including a necessity to buy dinner packet and end year event – Most of the tourists is domestic tourists from big cities in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Bandung and Surabaya. Meanwhile for the rest 30 percent of visitors are foreign tourists that coming after visiting Bali. (more…)

14 bunker or cave for Japanese military shelter was found at the coast of Huu beach Dompu regency. Its location is for about one kilometer form Lakey surfing location in front of India Ocean. Dompu provincial government will renovate it becoming a site for tourism object after surfing and other historical archeology sites such as Nangasia, Batu Kadera and Batu Kubur. (more…)

It was still early in the morning when we arrived at Lombok’s Selaparang Airport. As we set foot on the airport’s tarmac, our eyes were greeted by Lombok’s mountains and scenic lush forest. A postcard view it was. Indeed, Lombok has become the new, upcoming tourist destination in Indonesia. It seems that the gods from Bali decided to move away from that island, due to its ever-growing population, and migrate to Lombok instead. At least, that’s what we thought when we saw Lombok for the very first time. It really deserves the title of the new haven of the gods. (more…)