Photos: Tourism ambitions clash with local livelihoods on Indonesia’s Lombok Island

Mongabay
Dec 23, 2025, 3:45 pm339 ptsTop
TANJUNG AAN BEACH, Indonesia — Here on the southern coast of Indonesia’s Lombok Island, dozens of residents have been told to dismantle their food stalls and leave the shoreline to make way for the Mandalika tourism development project. Once a place where families sold coconuts, rented out surfboards and…

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