Hope Blossoms on a Ship

KOMPAS/KARINA ISNA IRAWAN

=Foreign tourists take pictures at Komodo International Airport in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, Friday (26/7/2019).

Residents of small islands around Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, are now relieved. Access to financial services makes it easy for them to control the prices of basic goods.

Hopes of living on an equal level with people on the mainland of Java are getting closer to being realized. Mulfiyati, 40, a resident of Komodo Island, East Nusa Tenggara, always has access to stocks of basic necessities. She can order a variety of food stuffs from outside the island every week. She simply needs to transfer the money through her bank to get whatever she needs.