The Economic Impacts of the Development of the Mandalika ExclusiveEconomic Zone in Central Lombok Regency

This qualitative descriptive research examines the economic impact of the development of exclusive economic zone. It was conducted in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Mandalika, Central Lombok. Data obtained from this study showed that the exclusive economic zone offered some positive impacts on its application. The participants indicated that there was an increase of income and entrepreneurship rates influenced by the tourism activities. In addition, the development of EEZ provides quite large employment opportunities for the surrounding community, even though they are not yet able to accommodate a wider audience. Regional revenues also showed a positive growth, especially in the area of trade and hospitality sectors. Accordingly, the facilities and human resource showed some significant improvements in order to support the new expansions. However, negative impacts such as the possibility of private resources ownerships might cause the decrease of control from the government and communities, resulting in lack of supervisions over the resources. Improvement needs to be performed in various sectors including execution strategies and integration of tourism components into every aspect of government and society. Besides, it is also necessary to increase the tourism-consciousness attitude thus tourism in Central Lombok can contribute to the development of national tourism.