The Rhapsody Docks in Lombok

Wednesday, 11 February, 2009 | 18:44 WIB 

TEMPO Interactive, Mataram:Around 1.200 international tourists sailing on the cruise ship Rhapsody of The Seas will dock in Lombok next Tuesday. They will have a day visit to the handicraft center in Rungkang Jangkuk, Senggigi, and the Putri Mandalika site. 

This will be their first stop in Indonesia before going on to the Komodo Island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) and Semarang in Central Java. "This can raise the image of Lombok after the recent security issues and the economic crisis," said West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Culture and Tourism Office chief, Lalu Gita Ariyadi, meeting with NTB governor Muhammad Zainul Madjdi yesterday. 

SUPRIYANTHO KHAFID