We want to build a fresh travel experience in Komodo National Park: how to make tourists not only see and take pictures with Komodo (dragons) but also (provide) new insights that they can learn, especially in terms of conservation or ecotourismLabuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggar (ANTARA) - The Labuan Bajo and Flores Tourism Authority (BPOLBF) has urged ecotourism guides or naturalist guides from the Komodo National Park to support the development of world-class ecotourism facilities in West Manggarai District, East Nusa Tenggara Province.
"We want to build a fresh travel experience in Komodo National Park: how to make tourists not only see and take pictures with Komodo (dragons) but also (provide) new insights that they can learn, especially in terms of conservation or ecotourism," BPOLBF President Director Shana Fatina said in a statement received here on Tuesday.
To bolster and achieve this goal, BPOLBF and the Komodo National Park Agency (BTNK) are holding a training and workshop for naturalist guides from the national park, she said. The effort is aimed at improving the ability of the park guides in providing ecotourism services to tourists, she explained.
The six-day workshop in Labuan Bajo, which is being attended by 20 ecotourism guides, will last from October 31 to November 5, 2021, she said.
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Fatina said ecotourism guides will be provided knowledge on conservation efforts in the Komodo National Park so that they can educate visitors to maintain the ecosystem for the realization of world-class ecotourism.
She said she also hopes that the atmosphere of conservation, education, and sustainability are felt not only within the national park area but across Labuan Bajo and surrounding areas.
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Furthermore, human resource development activities are the right step because infrastructure development cannot stand alone without quality human resources, Head of West Manggarai Tourism and Culture Office, Augustinus Rinus, said.
He expressed the hope that similar activities will be held to enhance tourism human resources as Labuan Bajo is considered a super premium tourist destination by the government.
"Let us support the central policy to accelerate tourism development in West Manggarai," he said.
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