Lombok

Lombok Island (population in 2001: 2,722,123 inhabitants) is an island in the Lesser Sunda Islands or Nusa Tenggara are separated by the Lombok Strait from Bali in Sebelat west and the Alas Strait to the east of Sumbawa. The island is roughly spherical with a kind of "tail" on the southwest side whose length is less than 70 km. This island wide reach 5435 km ², placing it on the ranking list of 108 of the island based on the breadth of the world. The main town on the island is Mataram.

Lombok in many ways similar to Bali, and in the decade of the 1990s began to be known by foreign tourists. But with the advent of the monetary crisis that hit Indonesia in late 1997 and other crises that accompany it, rather terlantarkan tourism potential. Then in early 2000 there were riots inter-ethnic and inter-faith throughout Lombok resulting in massive displacement of minorities. They mainly fled to the island of Bali. But the lapse of some time later the situation has become conducive and they're back. In 2007 the tourism sector is the only growing sector in Lombok.