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Lombok Island
is part of West Nusa Tenggara province. It con sists of three regencies and one
municipality town. The regencies is West Lombok, Central Lombok and East Lombok.
While the municipality town is Mataram.
Situated at strategic location, Lombok Island is easy to reach. It is the
neighbour of Bali island other International tourist destination in Indonesia.
Bali to Lombok is just 25 minutes by regular flight. Some regular flight is
available such as Merpati Nusantara Airline , Indonesia Air Transportation and
Trigana Air. Even though Lombok Island is also accessible by regular ferry
within 4 hours voyage from Padang Bay harbour in Bali to Lembar harbor in
Lombok. This ferry service is available every one and half-hour at 24-hour
service.
Lombok also is accessible from Surabaya and Jakarta the capital city of
Indonesia. From Juanda Surabaya International airport is only 45 minutes and 2
hours flight from International Airport Soekarno – Hatta Jakarta These regular
flights served by Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, Batavia Air and.Merpati Nusantara
Airlines.An International direct flight from Singapore to Lombok v.v now is also
available. The 2.5 hours flight served by Silk Air.
Lombok Island
is surrounded by hundreds of small islands, which are in local word called Gili.
Some of these small islands now are very popular as tourist destinations. These
small islands are such as Gili Air, Gili Meno, and Gili Trawangan at north and
Gili Gede,Gili Nanggu and Gili Sulat at the south. These islands are very fa mous
for its beautiful beach view and their under water panorama.
The white sandy beaches and its pure pristine crystal water still can be found
at the most part of beach area in Lombok. They still offer the virginity and
originality of their area and expecting to be visited.
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As one of International tourists destination in Indonesia, Lombok Island has
many other tourist’s objects, which can attract visitors to come. Culture,
tradition and way of life of the local are other assets that enrich and support
the existence of tourism.
Some tourist objects which are familiar to visit: Sindang Gila Waterfall,
Bayumulek pottery village, Sukarare hand weaving village Narmada Summer palace,
Mayura Water Palace, Lingsar unique temple, Senggigi beach, Kuta beach, Senaru
traditional village Mount Rinjani National park and many more. The locations of
these tourist objects are accessible and easy to reach.
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