This morning we delivered news about the aftermath of the Rp. 3,75 million Komodo National Park ticket increase. Tourists are on lockdown strike!

At the end of July and the beginning of the week in August 2022, Indonesia's tourism world, especially the Labuhan Bajo area, is in the spotlight.

Quoted by Gotravel Indonesia from AntaraNews.com (2/8/2022), the Association of Tourism Actors and Individual Tourism Actors in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, NTT rejected the new tariff increase to Komodo National Park to IDR 3,75 million. In the aftermath of this increase, tourism operators went on strike to serve tourists.

Komodo National Park Ticket Increase

As has been widely reported in recent times, the government has officially announced the new fee for entering Komodo National Park to be IDR 3,75 million as of August 1 2022.

These rates apply to enter Komodo Island and Padar Island per person for one year.

The government reasons that this increase aims to limit the number of visitors. Before the increase, the entrance ticket to the two islands was only IDR 200 thousand per year.

Meanwhile, entrance tickets to Rinca Island can still be found at low prices as usual.

In response to this increase, tourism actors in Labuhan Bajo agreed to stop tourist services from 1 - 31 August. The aftermath of the increase in Komodo National Park tickets.

"We agree to stop all types of tourism services in the National Park Islands and in all tourist destinations in West Manggarai starting 1-31 August 2022,"said the Coordinator of Tourism Actors and Individual Tourism Actors of West Manggarai Regency, Rafael Taher, Saturday (30/7) as reported by AntaraNewscom.

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Representing all tourism actors in West Manggarai, Rafael assessed that PT. The NTT Government's Regional Owned Enterprise (BUMD) Flobamor will monopolize the tourism sector in West Manggarai.

As a result of the increase in Komodo National Park tickets, this is considered to cause poverty for all tourism actors and the community in Labuhan Bajo.

In response to this, there is a joint commitment to stop all tourism service activities in West Manggarai Regency from tourism actors and this is done without any coercion from any party.

Tourist Actors MoU

The strike action to serve tourists was also signed MoU which states that tourism actors will suffer consequences if anyone violates the MoU.

The tourism actors in question include tour boat owners, land transportation service providers, restaurant owners, hotel owners, photographers, guides and culinary entrepreneurs. There are also sanctions if they violate the MoU, then they are prepared to burn down the facilities. The aftermath of the increase in Komodo National Park tickets.

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Meanwhile, the Head of the East Nusa Tenggara Provincial Tourism Office, Sony Zeth Libing, emphasized that the East Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government continues to impose an entrance ticket to Padar and Komodo Island of IDR 3,75 million despite a wave of rejection.

However, he also appreciates the existence of community aspirations that reject this.

"The East Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government really appreciates the aspirations of the people who reject the increase in entrance tickets of IDR 3,75 million to Komodo Island and Padar Island.

"We are reviewing all of these aspirations, but of course the implementation of the new entry tariff to Komodo will still be carried out on August 1 because it has gone through a thorough study," he stressed. (y)

Source: After Rp3,75 million Komodo National Park Ticket Increase, Tourism Actors Strike

In the aftermath of the Komodo National Park ticket increase, tourism actors go on strike