Famous Lesser Sunda Islands's Lombok tourist spots include Senggigi Beach, the famous 3 Gili islands, the West Lesser Sunda Islands capital Mataram, Mt. Rindjani, Lake Segara Anak and southern Lombok’s Kuta Beach. Tourist spots in the more sequestered Sumbawa Island include Mt. Tambora, Moyo Island, Jelenga Beach and Maluk Beach.
West Lesser Sunda Islands's Lombok and Sumbawa islands — far-famed particularly for their maritime touristry — look set to attract more visitants in the coming twelvemonths, as they gear up for the campaign of Visit Lombok-Sumbawa 2012.
Indonesian Culture and Tourism Ministry’s director general for marketing said that West Lesser Sunda Islands province, located just east of Bali, wishful a main focus of the ministry’s tourism programs in year 2012. The campaign of Visit Lombok-Sumbawa will be launched by President of Republik Indonesia in Lombok soon to mark the starting time of West Lesser Sunda Islands's preparednesses to reach its target of doubling visitant numbers to 1000000 by 2012. Often dubbed purer and more serene — and, arguably, more gorgeous — versions of the neighbouring Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa are home to myriad snowy sandy beaches and aquamarine seawater, as well as rich subaqueous life.
Lombok particularly is a far-famed as centre for pearl production and trade, and home to Mount Rindjani, the second-highest peak in Indonesia and considered one of the most well trekking spots in Asia. The beauty and natural appealingnesses of the two islands, however, due to a lack of promotion, have been overshadowed by the worldwide popularity of The Island of The Gods.
West Lesser Sunda Islands Governor said the programme wasn't to develop Lombok and Sumbawa as challengers to Bali, but rather as complementary destinations, to provide a more wide-ranging set of options to holidaymakers arriving on Bali. The province was eyeballing Mideast holidaymakers, who presently favoured Malaya as a vacation destination.
To lure these holidaymakers, the West Lesser Sunda Islands governance has signed a deal with Dubai-based Emaar Properties, which will invest a total of US$26.6 billion in developing a prodigious touristry project in southerly Lombok. Head of the West Lesser Sunda Islands Tourism Agency said the province had been enjoying a steady-going growth in domestic and foreign visitant numbers in the past few years. In 2008, visitant numbers reached 500,000, almost half of them from overseas. With afresh, bigger aerodrome scheduled to open in 2010, the number of visitants is expected to grow more significantly.
West Lesser Sunda Islands's Lombok and Sumbawa islands — far-famed particularly for their maritime touristry — look set to attract more visitants in the coming twelvemonths, as they gear up for the campaign of Visit Lombok-Sumbawa 2012.
Indonesian Culture and Tourism Ministry’s director general for marketing said that West Lesser Sunda Islands province, located just east of Bali, wishful a main focus of the ministry’s tourism programs in year 2012. The campaign of Visit Lombok-Sumbawa will be launched by President of Republik Indonesia in Lombok soon to mark the starting time of West Lesser Sunda Islands's preparednesses to reach its target of doubling visitant numbers to 1000000 by 2012. Often dubbed purer and more serene — and, arguably, more gorgeous — versions of the neighbouring Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa are home to myriad snowy sandy beaches and aquamarine seawater, as well as rich subaqueous life.
Lombok particularly is a far-famed as centre for pearl production and trade, and home to Mount Rindjani, the second-highest peak in Indonesia and considered one of the most well trekking spots in Asia. The beauty and natural appealingnesses of the two islands, however, due to a lack of promotion, have been overshadowed by the worldwide popularity of The Island of The Gods.
West Lesser Sunda Islands Governor said the programme wasn't to develop Lombok and Sumbawa as challengers to Bali, but rather as complementary destinations, to provide a more wide-ranging set of options to holidaymakers arriving on Bali. The province was eyeballing Mideast holidaymakers, who presently favoured Malaya as a vacation destination.
To lure these holidaymakers, the West Lesser Sunda Islands governance has signed a deal with Dubai-based Emaar Properties, which will invest a total of US$26.6 billion in developing a prodigious touristry project in southerly Lombok. Head of the West Lesser Sunda Islands Tourism Agency said the province had been enjoying a steady-going growth in domestic and foreign visitant numbers in the past few years. In 2008, visitant numbers reached 500,000, almost half of them from overseas. With afresh, bigger aerodrome scheduled to open in 2010, the number of visitants is expected to grow more significantly.
