All visitors entering the boundaries of Komodo National Park are expected to pay a ‘Tourism Fee for Conservation.’
This revenue directly supports and benefits conservation (monitoring, rehabilitation, research and facilitating surveillance and enforcement), community development (alternative livelihoods, training and capacity building, micro-financing, and improvement of public services), and nature-based tourism development (construction, maintenance and operation of visitor facilities, including jetties, interpretation/information centers, restaurants, toilets, mooring buoys, and development of new tourism products).
Only by visitors contributing financially to sustainable Park revenues, can the Park’s unique marine and terrestrial biodiversity be protected and preserved for future generations.
The amount of the fee depends on the length of stay in Komodo National Park. Currently, fee amounts per visitor are as follows:
A 50 percent discount is granted for foreign visitors aged below 16 years. The fee is payable in US dollars or equivalent Indonesia rupiah.
Visitors receive a receipt for the fee amount, which is stapled to an entrance ticket made from recycled paper, and entitles the holder to a short, guided trek at either Loh Liang, Komodo Island or Loh Buaya, Rinca Island. Each trekking group is limited to a maximum of ten people. For longer trekking activities, an extra charge applies.
In addition to the Tourism Fee for Conservation, visitors to the Park must also pay a National Park Entrance Fee (Ministry of Forestry Decree No. 363/Kpts-II/1997 and No. 0878/Kpts-II/1992) and a West Manggarai Retribution Fee (West Manggarai Decree No. 22 Year 2005 concerning Entrance Fee Compensation for Tourism Objects in West Manggarai Regency).
This revenue directly supports and benefits conservation (monitoring, rehabilitation, research and facilitating surveillance and enforcement), community development (alternative livelihoods, training and capacity building, micro-financing, and improvement of public services), and nature-based tourism development (construction, maintenance and operation of visitor facilities, including jetties, interpretation/information centers, restaurants, toilets, mooring buoys, and development of new tourism products).Only by visitors contributing financially to sustainable Park revenues, can the Park’s unique marine and terrestrial biodiversity be protected and preserved for future generations.
The amount of the fee depends on the length of stay in Komodo National Park. Currently, fee amounts per visitor are as follows:
A 50 percent discount is granted for foreign visitors aged below 16 years. The fee is payable in US dollars or equivalent Indonesia rupiah.
Visitors receive a receipt for the fee amount, which is stapled to an entrance ticket made from recycled paper, and entitles the holder to a short, guided trek at either Loh Liang, Komodo Island or Loh Buaya, Rinca Island. Each trekking group is limited to a maximum of ten people. For longer trekking activities, an extra charge applies.In addition to the Tourism Fee for Conservation, visitors to the Park must also pay a National Park Entrance Fee (Ministry of Forestry Decree No. 363/Kpts-II/1997 and No. 0878/Kpts-II/1992) and a West Manggarai Retribution Fee (West Manggarai Decree No. 22 Year 2005 concerning Entrance Fee Compensation for Tourism Objects in West Manggarai Regency).
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