In Lombok our spokesman on the subject told us that a monthly wage in a hotel was 100.000 Rp. (A good 8 Euros). I now doubt his trustworthiness. In Bali wages are three to four times higher than on Lombok. This could be explained by the level of the tourism industry and be true. Fact is that Bali looks more wealthy than Lombok and Sumbawa. An Australian owner of a very beautiful accommodation where we stayed blamed the visa policy of the Indonesian government for the decrease in tourism. He said that they had almost recovered from the effects of the bombs, when through these measures (a tourist visa, obtainable on arrival, doesn’t last longer than a month) there was an enormous drop in numbers again.