Lombok More Popular Than Hawaii

About the world's favorite vacation spots, Lombok is more popular than Hawaii and Tahiti.

At least according to the results of the analysis Prapancha Research (PR) against 4,113,072 chirp in social media twitter about vacation spots during the two-year period 2011-4 July 4 July 2013.

Executive Director of Research Geger Prapancha Riyanto in Depok, on Sunday (7/7), said Lombok reached five times better known than Hawaii and Tahiti, two sites world-renowned tropical island holiday.

"Lombok with 2,549,505 chirp mention on twitter universe around the world. Was beyond the reach Hawaii mention 433 812 or more than five-fold and beyond Tahiti to mention the 232 687 or more than ten-fold," he said.

Other researchers Adi PR Akhdiat explain the research team deliberately chose Hawaii and Tahiti as the two islands are so popular because they are often mentioned in the film as well as foreign magazines.

However, the findings of conversation that happens on the field that turned out surprisingly Lombok who had never heard of the Hollywood movies, even more popular. He explained that the team also chose Lombok instead of Bali, because Bali is assumed to be known for more than Lombok, but the result was beyond expectations.

Not only Lombok, the same research found a number of tourist areas in Indonesia was more popular in the region than other parts of the world. Among them, Mount Kelimutu is located on the island of Flores, NTT, Lake Toba and Borobudur.

The research results indicate that although far from the spotlight of the media and publication and has not supported the promotion of efficient, Indonesia in practice prove to be discussed everywhere as a favorite tourist sites globally.