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Tourism in Komodo Island is paralysed

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Komodo dragon in Komodo island Source: Kemenpar RI

Komodo Island relies on tourism as a main support for the local community's economy. Since COVID-19 struck, no one has come. How do local residents survive?


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By Nurhadi Sucahyo

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Komodo Island relies on tourism as a main support for the local community's economy. Since COVID-19 struck, no one has come. How do local residents survive?


Ihsan Abdul Amir, a leading figure on tourism in the island of Komodo tells the story of how the lives of local people and what their hopes for the "new normal" echoed by the central government.


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