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Sukarara’s Weaving Festival Brings 500 Artisans Together in Central Lombok
Central Lombok’s Begawe Jelo Nyensek 2026 opened with 500 weavers, placing Sasak textile heritage at the centre of a major community event.
NTB Courts Its Diaspora as Investment Policy Moves Into Focus
NTB is positioning its diaspora as investors and business partners while highlighting unresolved questions around regulation, systems and property rights.
Bank Indonesia Backs Financial Hub Plan: What Investors Should Watch
Bank Indonesia has backed a proposed international financial centre. For investors, the signal is important, but implementation details remain decisive.
Lombok Notebook: NTB Begins Mapping Its Investment Opportunity
NTB’s investment agency has begun a focused consultation on mapping opportunity across Mataram Raya, Gili Tramena and Mandalika.
NTB’s Oman Investment Pitch Puts Lombok in a Wider Economic Frame
NTB’s meeting with Oman’s ambassador highlights a broader investment agenda spanning renewable energy, tourism and marine industries.
Cultural Respect Is Becoming a Tourism Investment Question in Bali and Lombok
As Bali’s tourism ambitions gather pace, cultural respect is emerging as an important consideration for the wider Lombok investment story.
Cultural Respect Is Becoming Tourism’s Quiet Investment Test
A Bali Sun report raises a timely question: as tourism grows, can cultural respect become part of the destination’s long-term value proposition?
Candidasa’s Quiet Appeal Highlights Bali’s East-Coast Tourism Pull
Candidasa’s appeal to ocean lovers and travellers seeking a slower Bali stay offers a useful lens on the region’s evolving tourism map.
Candidasa’s Quiet Appeal Highlights Bali’s Search for Slower Travel
Candidasa’s appeal to travellers seeking a calmer coastal escape offers a useful lens on Bali’s evolving tourism geography.
Bali’s Growing Appeal Keeps Lombok in Investors’ Sightlines
Bali’s continued travel appeal strengthens the case for watching South Lombok’s earlier-stage tourism and villa market.
Bali’s Pop-Up Immigration Drive Puts Visitor Trust Back in Focus
Bali is using pop-up immigration services as officials seek to improve the visitor experience and rebuild trust.
Mandalika Joins ITDC’s World Cup-Themed Destination Journey
An ITDC social post places Mandalika in a World Cup-themed journey across four Indonesian destinations.
NTB Investment Office Marks Governor Lalu Muhamad Iqbal’s 54th Birthday
NTB’s provincial investment office has issued a birthday message for Governor H. Lalu Muhamad Iqbal, alongside aspirations for sustainable regional progress.
NTB Steps Up Investment Monitoring at Pink Beach Project
NTB officials have reviewed PT ESL’s operations near Pink Beach, focusing on licensing compliance and environmental-document synchronisation.
NTB Positions Solar Energy as a Green-Investment Priority
NTB has used the Indonesia Solar Summit to signal support for renewable energy and a broader opening for green investment.
Daily Dispatch: ITDC Signals a New Social-Sport Layer for The Mandalika
ITDC says SADE Social Space is a new step for The Mandalika, combining sport, wellness, hospitality, food and community.
Daily Dispatch: ITDC Positions SADE Social Space in The Mandalika
ITDC says SADE Social Space is a new sport-tourism facility in The Mandalika, linking sport, wellness, hospitality, food and community.
Digital Readiness Is Becoming Part of the Bali Travel Checklist
A Bali Sun travel briefing highlights why travellers should prepare their essential online travel resources before departure.
Canggu’s Popularity Puts Bali’s Calm-Versus-Chaos Trade-Off in Focus
Canggu’s popularity is sharpening a familiar investor question: when does destination success begin to challenge the guest experience?
Prabowo’s B50 Launch Raises Lombok’s Energy-Security Stakes
Indonesia’s B50 biodiesel launch reframes energy sovereignty as a practical risk factor for Lombok investors.
Prambanan Push Puts India Back on Lombok’s Investor Map
Indonesia’s Prambanan tourism message to India sharpens the case for Lombok investors watching culture-led demand and Bali overflow.
Bali’s Waste-to-Energy Push Raises the Bar for Lombok
Indonesia is accelerating a Greater Denpasar waste-to-energy plant, sharpening the sustainability test for Lombok investors.
New Roads, New Prices: What the Mandalika Bypass Means for South Lombok Land Values
New arterial roads in South Lombok, including the Mandalika bypass and feeder routes into the Kawasan Ekonomi Khusus (KEK) Mandalika, are cutting journey times between Lombok International Airport, Kuta town, and outlying zones. Plots with new sealed-road access typically reprice before construction
Sekotong and West Lombok: the next emerging property market?
Sekotong, the quiet south-western peninsula of Lombok, offers some of the island's lowest land entry points, dramatic island-dotted coastline and a genuine frontier feel. The case for buying early is real, but thin infrastructure, limited tourist footfall and a gold-mining legacy demand careful due