Australia to provide funding to help Indonesia boost tourism, create "10 new Balis"

Through the Indonesian Infrastructure Support Trust Fund, Australia had provided US$2.75 million ($3.51 million) of official development assistance.

A draft document from the World Bank indicates the Indonesian government's desire to increase tourism from 4 percent to 20 percent of their GDP in a five-year period, and to boost international arrivals from 9 million to 20 million people.

Mandalika in Lombok, with its breathtaking coastline and being already popular with international tourists, is considered to have all the features to become a must-see destination. In fact, 3 billion USD of infrastructure has been dedicated to the Mandalika Project, including the construction of more than 10.500 hotel rooms, a theme park, a MotoGP race track and a solar power plant.

"Lombok is the obvious one that will get up first from those 10 new Balis because of its proximity to Bali, and also because from all that Bali experience many Australians are already very familiar with Lombok, so it makes sense."
― Quentin Long (Co-founder of Australian Traveller)

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Source: A Current Affair

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