This move resulted the five districts in the northwestern end of the island being too far away from the services of the West Lombok Regency HQ at Gerung.

Subsequent to the inauguration of the newly elected bupati, tensions rose in Lembah Sari village in late September 2010.

Residents claimed that they established the roadblock to protest a unilateral decision by officials in North Lombok to move the border between the two districts.

A police detachment re-opened the road after seven hours of blockade by villagers from the 14 hamlets that form Lembah Sari.

The police intervention allowed workers from West Lombok Regency to commence work to clear the road and limited through traffic was restored.

Productive irrigated and unirrigated, rain-fed agricultural land is 13,209 hectares (32,640 acres), or 15.31% of the regency's area.

[8] Exploration for gold, silver and copper is becoming increasingly important in the southwest part of the regency, especially in Sekotong subdistrict.

Rainfall is lower in the south of the regency and higher in the north as the land rises toward Mount Rinjani.

Rinjani supplies a rainfall catchment area to the region and several eastern Lombok rivers flow from its slopes.

The growing tourism industry in Lombok has affected the western region's historical dependence on fishing and land-based agrarian pursuits.

During 2009–2010 infrastructure upgrades were commenced to provide better communications along the western coast, including roadworks and fibre-optic cable installation.

Labuhan Lombok seaport on the east coast of the island provides facilities for vehicle and passenger ferries eastward to Sumbawa.

Public buses and Bemo run along the west coast from the south in Mataram/Cakranegara/Sweta and also through Pusuk mountain pass to connect Tanjung and North Lombok to Mataram and Cakranegara.

The new airport provides domestic terminal facilities serving destinations in Java, Bali and Sumbawa.

International flights to Kuala Lumpur provided by Garuda and Merpati airlines depart from the domestic terminal section of the building.

The new international airport will be suitable for wide bodied aircraft operations will provide more modern terminal facilities, and improved cargo handling capacity.

Senggigi and the coastal strip to the south of the township toward Montong and north to the West Lombok Regency's border at Klui have many hotels, restaurants, bars clubs and other entertainment and accommodation facilities.

Bangsal and Tanjunk Teluk near Pemenang provide services connecting across the short distance of water to the Gili islands off the Sire Peninsular just south of Tanjung.