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Gili Trawangan, From a place of exile prisoners to be beautiful destinations


Who would have thought the garbage people in Mataram kingdom era was incarnated as a tourist who missed a lot of tourists. Gili Trawangan is the former as the location of the shelter when his prison full of convicts. Based on historical records, there are 350 inmates a variety of criminal cases are disposed of there.

Just around the 1970's this island of Sulawesi visited residents who later settled. "We just opened the area into a tourist area since the 80s. Previously, if there are foreigners who come here, being chased by residents because of alleged invaders who want to return to power in Indonesia, "said Aaron, a local resident who worked as staff at the Granary Cottage where I stayed.

During the second world war, said Aaron, the island is also used as a defense of Japan for the allied forces could not freely enter. "On top of the hill, there are caves built by the Japanese," he said.

Currently Gili Trawangan each month visited by 9000 and 12,000 foreign tourists tourists.
Therefore, there is the discourse of North Lombok regency government to make this region such as Sentosa Island, Singapore, and mountains in the Netherlands by making the cable car as the air bridge linking the area of nature tourism Peak Pusuk with third dyke. For investments such facilities, has offered to businessmen from Germany and Qatar.

Head of Transport Department of Tourism and Information Communication Klu Suranto Eko said, hanging ketera path Pusuk - Winner - Ward - Gili Air - Gili Meno - Gili Trawangan takes nine stations. From Pusuk to seven miles away Winner, Winner - Ward one kilometer, and Ward - Gili Trawangan sea distance of five miles.

Not only that, local governments also proposed investing floating hotel facilities equipped air transportation using amphibious aircraft.

The local government believes it can increase the investment attractiveness of visiting there. Officially open bidding has been done on the implementation of the Tourism Indonesia Mart (TIME) or the Indonesian tourism market in 2010 which took place October 15 and then on Gili Trawangan and tourist area of Senggigi which was attended by Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik.

Some local tourism entrepreneurs claim to be happy when we met on that investment offerings. But they asked that the investment was arranged so as not to reduce the revenue boat transportation businesses, and damage the environment in these three areas are very beautiful dyke. (Aries Wijaksena travelyuk.com)

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