The Management of Rinjani Mountain as the world tourism destination has decided as nominator of Tourism for Tommorow Award 2008 organized by British Airways. The winner will be announced through World Travel and Tourism Summit in Dubai, 21 - 23 April.

Rinjani’s Mountain tall 3.726 meters at sea surface in north Lombok. Every year visited many climber up to ten thousand people include about two thousand people from over seas.

To climb this mountain has five gate legal choices. That is by Senaru, Sembalun, Torean route to up hill this mountain and Segara Anak Lake. And by kembang Kuning to go to Jeruk Manis waterfall and Pesugulan to Sebau hot water.

At rainy session often the climber must close because it is dangerous, many ways is wet affect rain all the time. And the trap is so slick. The closed this area is avoid climber victim in this area.

Climbing to Rinjani Mountain need three days for vise versa. This is hard and tire activity. Track of to this mountain is steep. Segara Anak Lake has come down track two thousand meters from sea surface.

Rinjani Mountain is second higher volcano mountain at Indonesia after Kerinci Mountain at Sumatera Island. For best growing up Rinjani mountain as tourism object this area have managed by local society agreement with Rinjani tracking mountain management board with Rinjani national park and tourism office that supported by New Zealand government.

They manage main business about climbing tourism and walking tour package at this area. The walking program is special program design for people that can not climb to Rinjani hill.

Variation walking program have two routes that is Sembalun Lawang Walk and Wild Flowers Walk. Sembalun Lawang walk program is offer soft track climbing tour to go round this village. This tour also give chance to enjoy walking at farming field and see beach view from up hill. All of this route design about four hours. Life at pass time can see at Beliq village. As a waving cloths that years ago was leaved.

About wild flowers walk design two days one night stay there. At Rinjani Mountain round village offer call buffalo attraction take salt only. In there have many variation orchid and deer also. They are at Popok valley.

Another choice we can try rice terrace walk package at west Senaru. This package is walking at irrigation channel and walking at rice field at Sendang Gile water fall. Guide of this route are six girls from this village. ”This package is favorite many people because make they meet society from two village,” said Asmuni as manager Rinjani track center.

Walk tour is usually jointed guest from Dutch, France, England, Australia, America and Singapore that can not climb to up hill. Management by Rinjani track ecotourism program (RETP) model is one of nominee three destination receipt tourism for tomorrow award (TTA) at 2005 ago. The juries of them are management collaboration that has world travel and tourism council (WTTC) verification.

At June 8, 2004 ago, RETP was succeed get World Legacy Award from National geography Travel cooperation with international conservation at stewardship (tourism service) sector.

Two village societies at Rinjani Mountain jointed at Rinjani Tracking management board. Now have collect about sixty men as guide, porter to climb and lodge’ owner. They cooperation is Citra Wisata corporation (koperasi citra wisata) at senaru village west Lombok. Same the corporation is Wisata Sinar Rinjani at Sembalun village east Lombok.

To work into Rinjani tourism object societies give much benefit for them. The climbing activity managed by joint partner. ”All coordination with our corporation,” said Asmuni.(supriyantho khafid - lomboknews.com)