Located on the Tourist route connecting Bima with Komodo Island, the Wawo – Maria Area makes products of high quality and of exquisite cloth design.

Maria is noted for its traditional lumbung or rice barns (lengge) gathered together on a hill outside the village. Nearby at Wawo, lies the Dutch colonial recreation site Oi Wobo.

It has a Dutch heritage manor (Pesanggrahan Wawo) and a swimming pool fed by spring water and provide tourist accommodation.