Accompanying today's activities, Gotravela Indonesia will invite Travela friends to take a peek at the latest news regarding the increase in Komodo National Park tickets. Yes, this is about foreign tourists who say the increase in Komodo National Park tickets is too expensive.

As has been widely reported recently, the new policy regarding entry tickets to Komodo National Park being IDR 3,75 million is still reaping objections from many parties. Not only tourism operators in Labuhan Bajo, foreign tourists and even representatives of foreign tourism operators in Indonesia also raised objections.

Komodo National Park Ticket Increase

Quoting Kompas(dot)com, (4/8/2022) a number of foreign tourists complained that the increase in Komodo National Park tickets was too expensive. This has resulted in many foreign tourists who want to come canceling. “We just arrived in Labuan Bajo and are going to rinca because you can't go to Komodo Island.

Tickets are too expensive! "That's why many friends who want to come here can't come because it's too expensive," said Pierre, a tourist from France, at Komodo Airport, NTT, Tuesday (2/8/2022).

He said that the Komodo National Park entrance ticket of IDR 3,75 million per person would actually have a bad impact on tourism in Labuhan Bajo, especially considering that this destination is not yet as popular as Bali.

Another foreign tourist from Germany, Tika, also considered that the opportunity to come to Labuhan Bajo 3 times after buying an entry ticket was unreasonable. He hopes that the Indonesian government will reduce ticket prices for Komodo National Park so that all groups can travel to Komodo National Park. “It's impossible for tourists from abroad to want to come here three times, for what? "It's impossible for me to come three times a year," he said.

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Italy Michele Barilari

Meanwhile, quoted from detik. travel (4/8/2022), Representatives of tourism operators from Italy asked the Indonesian government to reduce ticket prices for Komodo National Park. In fact, the increase in Komodo National Park tickets is not a problem, but it is hoped that it will not be too high so that foreign tourists will still want to picnic in Labuhan Bajo.

"We accept that there is an increase in ticket prices, but the increase is very high, so I'm not really sure that the guests from Italy that I brought will want to go to Labuan Bajo."

Said Italian Michele Barilari, Tour Operator Representative from Labuan Bajo, as released detik. travel which launched from Antara.

Michele, who started promoting Labuhan Bajo Tourism since 2015, said that initially not many tourists from her country knew about the beauty of the inhabited islands. ancient animals, the Komodo.

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His hard work began to bear fruit since 2019, many Italian tourists began to travel to Labuhan Bajo. He can even bring around 50 Italian tourists to Labuhan Bajo and other tourist areas twice a year.

However, following the increase in Komodo National Park tickets as of August 1 2022, he is starting to be unsure whether tourists from his country will come to Labuhan Bajo this summer holiday. (y)