Gawdy resorts that'll be full of Ayrabs and hoes whilst the Sasaks are made to feel like second class citizens on their own island? 36 hole golf courses despoiling the environment and bowel shatteringly banal live entertainment. Yeah, let's all evolve.

As a big fan of Lombok's south coast I hope the whole deal's been fatally holed beneath the waterline.

Responding to protests of furniture and handicraft makers over a lack in supply, the government will soon issue a new regulation limiting rattan producers - except for in the two largest centers in the country - from exporting the commodity, Ardiansyah Parman, the Trade Ministry secretary general,...

As the final deadline of Friday nears for agreement on a $600 million mega-tourism project on Lombok Island to be jointly developed by the government and Dubai-based Emaar Properties, government officials say it is now up to Emaar to push through with the development.