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Komodo National Park, Labuan Bajo deserted amid COVID-19 outbreak

Marcia Stephanie, owner of iDive Komodo diving operator, sent her employees home, as her business lost customers ...

Government to put cap on visitor numbers to Komodo Island

The government will set bounds for the number of tourists to Komodo Island in East Nusa Tenggara, rather than close it, ...

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Komodo Island to be developed into very exclusive tourist attraction

The controversy over Komodo Island has died down after the central government gave the go-ahead for temporarily closing ...

NTT confirms temporary closure of Komodo Island from early 2020

The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Tourism Office has confirmed that Komodo Island, within the area of the Komodo National ...

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East Nusa Tenggara offers many more tourist spots

East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province is famous for Komodo National Park, which comprises Komodo, Padar, and Rinca islands ...

Indonesia's two new biosphere reserves recognized by UNESCO

Indonesia's Tojo Una-Una Togean, Central Sulawesi, and Saleh-Moyo-Tambora (Samota), West Nusa Tenggara, were two ...

BRG conducts revegetation in Giam Siak Kecil Biosphere Reserve

The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has taken measures to replant local species in the Giam Siak Kecil Bukit Batu ...

Aceh to promote halal tourism

Indonesia`s western most province of Aceh is the only region in Indonesia that officially applies sharia (Islamic ...

Population of Komodo dragons in national park stable

The population of Komodo dragons at the Komodo National Park located in West Manggara, East Nusa Tenggara Province, ...

Closure of Komodo Island feared to shake tourism industry

As a controversy drags on about a plan of the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) governor to close Komodo Island for a year, ...

Closure of Komodo Island requires comprehensive study

Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat, who has held the position as the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor since September 2018, ...

Komodo national park earned Rp32 billion in 2018

The Komodo National Park recorded revenue amounting to Rp32 billion from tourist visits to the park during 2018, an ...

Banyuwangi designated as national geopark

The National Geopark Committee has officially designated Banyuwangi District in East Java Province as one of the 2018 ...

West Java committed to preserving Cibodas biosphere

West Java Provincial Administration Secretary Iwa Karniwa voiced the provincial administration`s commitment to ...

UNESCO encourages Aceh, N. Sumatra to establish Leuser biosphere institution

The National Committee of UNESCO on the Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB) encouraged the Provincial Administration ...