Editing Lombok (section)

=== 1997 to 2007 ===
The [[1997 Asian Financial Crisis]] and the [[fall of Suharto]] regime in 1998 marked the beginning a decade of setbacks for tourism. Spurred by rapid devaluation of the currency and the transition to true democracy caused all of Indonesia to experience a period of domestic unrest.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Napier |first=Catherine |date=13 September 2000 |title=Analysis: Indonesia's Fragile Archipelago |language=en |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/indonesia/special_report/270462.stm |access-date=2010-04-04}}</ref> Many of Indonesian Provinces struggled with elements of the population desiring autonomy or independence from the Republic of Indonesia. At the same time, fanatical Islamic [[terrorism in Indonesia]] further aggravated domestic unrest across the archipelago.

In January 2000, radical Islamic agitators from the newly formed [[Jemaah Islamiyah]] provoked religious and ethnic violence in the [[Ampenan]] area of [[Mataram (city)|Mataram]] and the southern area of [[Senggigi]]. Many foreign expatriates and tourists were temporarily evacuated to Bali. Numerous foreign embassies issued Travel Warnings advising of the potential danger of traveling to Indonesia.

Subsequently, the [[2002 Bali bombings]], the [[2005 Bali bombings]] and the [[Progress of the SARS outbreak]] in Asia all dramatically impacted tourism activities in Lombok. Tourism was slow to return to Lombok, provoked in part by a worldwide reluctance to travel because of global tensions. Only since 2007–2008, when most developed countries lifted their Travel Warnings<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-05-25 |title=U.S. Lifts Indonesia Travel Warning |language=en |work=usatoday.com |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-05-25-indonesia-travel_N.htm |access-date=2010-04-04}}</ref> has tourism recovered to pre-2000 levels.