Property Investors From Dubai Will Invest In Central Lombok

Rupiah (photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - An investor from Dubai who is the Director of the Silver Heavy Real Estate, Samir Ahmed Munshi plans to invest in the tourist area of Selong Belanak Village, Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).

"Samir will develop 3, 4 and 5 star hotels in the southern Central Lombok region to support tourism development," said Australian investor who owns Tropical Resort and Villa in Lombok Michael Martin, in Praya, Saturday.

He said he had communicated with Samir and planned to come to Lombok in early February 2024, to meet local governments and other officials.

This is a form of commitment to invest in Central Lombok, because beach tourist destinations are quite beautiful.

"In addition to building hotels, we will build shopping centers and other tourism-related facilities," he said again.

With this development, Lombok can become one of the largest tourist destinations in the world. Many investors want to enter, but there are many lands in Selong Belanak Village, so it is hoped that the government can support investors who will want to build.

"Don't let a lot of land be empty, but don't want to be built," he also said.

He said the area of land to be developed for the construction of hotels and restaurants and shopping centers was around 20 hectares. He is motivated to develop southern Central Lombok, because it has beautiful beaches, such as Selong Belanak Beach, Mawun Beach, Torok Aik Belek Beach, and Mawi Beach.

"We still involve local residents to work, even though there are outsiders," he said again.

He said that his party also implemented the Lombok Alive program which includes socialization and training programs to improve the skills of the local community so that they can work in the field of construction and hotel services.

His party has developed a program called Maju Bersama which will improve workers' construction skills and make them ready to work with professional development.

"Residents who are trained get certificates and every developer is required to recruit at least 50 percent of the local workforce. We need government support to improve road infrastructure, especially irrigation network communities so as not to flood," he also said.