GILI AIR

Gili Air is a 173 hectare island, has 1,150 grown up inhabitants and 250 children. Inhabitants are from Sulawesi originally and are called "Orang Bugis" in own language. You can circle round Gili Air in approximately ninety minutes by feet. Every year 40,000 overnight stays are sold to tourists. Hotels range is from cheap Losman, (cheap possibility to sleep) until small traditional hotels. Because of special underwater environment the number of visitors is increasing constantly.

COMMON DATAS OF GILI AIR

Statistic datas Gili Air date: 01.01.2006

Size: 1,730,000 m²

Inhabitants: 1,400

Children under the age of 12 250

Language: Indonesian, Sassak, English

Origin of the inhabitants: Basicly from Sulawesi (Orang Bugis)

Religion: Islam (no fundamentalistic people)

The income of the inhabitants trough: Tourism, fishing, trading

Biological Ressources: Coconuts, bananas, tapioka, fruits, fish, cows, goats.

Infrastructure: Little marked, travel office, Internetcoffee, restaurants,diving station, “Discothec“, money changer, harbour, renting bycicles, accommodations.

Transport: Traditional horse carts

Elementary school: 1

Hospital: 1 small

District administration: 1

Police station: in Tanjung/Lombok

Moschee: 1

Harbour: 1

Distance to Lombok: 1,1 km

Travelling time from Lombok to Gili Air: 15 minutes

Saison: January, March until May, July until September, December

Nationality of the tourists: German, Italian, English, Swiss, Finnish, Norway, Spanish, French

Accomodations total: 23

Accomodations category simple: 21

Accomodations category middle: 2

Accomodations category high: none

Capacity of bedrooms total /day: 250

Capacity of bedrooms simple: 210

Capacity of bedrooms middle: 40

Capacity of bedrooms high: none

Guests / year Aprox: 40,000

Average occupation 42%

Average price per night including breakfast

(one star accomodation): approximately: € 3 bis € 10 (Saisonal variations)

Average price per night including breakfast

medium quality hotel: approximately: € 10 bis € 35 (Saisonal variations)

With the reputation as a quit island, Air is a smaller of the Gili with the larges local population, and closest to the mainland. There are beaches around most of the island, but some are not suitable for swimming because they’re quite shallow and have sharp coral below. The hotel and restaurants are scattered, giving the island pleasant, rural character and it’s delight the wonder around.

Information Boats stop near the jetty, which is also the location of the Koperasi office. The Perama Office and wartel are next to the Gili Indah Hotel. Coconut Cottages, Gili Air Santai and Ozzy’s Shop are over slow Internet access at 500Rp per minute. Pondok Gili Café has a small book exchange. Gili Air electricity, but it is unreliable during the day. It is usually available from 6pm to midnight, although up market places have independents generator.