About 90 percents Sumbawa continental area was gained control by mine investors. At least several mine permits (KP - Kuasa Pertambangan) have already been issued by Pemkab Sumbawa. KP's permit expenditure was issued without evaluation of environmental aspects. The local government was asked to cancel numbers of that KPs.
Emaar, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) company, is ready to invest US$600 million to open a tourist resort on 1,175 ha of land in Lombok island in West Nusatenggara province, an Indonesian tourism official said here Thursday.
The tourist resort would be built in tandem with the construction of an international airport in Lombok island scheduled for completion in 2009.
Wardiatmo, senior adviser for economic and science affairs to the Culture and Tourism Minister, told a panel discussion themed "Increasing Middle Eastern Tourist Arrivals Through Tourism-based Entrepreneurship"
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