China News Agency, Jakarta, December 15 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga announced in Jakarta on the 15th that the Indonesian government has canceled the country's Komodo National Park ticket increase plan.

　　In July this year, the government of East Nusa Tenggara Province in Indonesia (referred to as Dongnu Province) announced that it would limit the number of tourists, maintain education, research and sustainable development, and protect Komodo dragons. The ticket price for visiting the national park has been greatly increased from 150,000 rupiah (about 70 yuan) per ticket to 3.75 million rupiah (about 1,700 yuan).

　　The price adjustment plan triggered strong protests from local tourism operators, who went on strike against the price adjustment plan.

The East Nu Province government was forced to postpone the implementation of the price adjustment until January 1, 2023.

　　Komodo National Park in Indonesia is located in the Lesser Sunda Islands area at the junction of East Nusa Tenggara Province and West Nusa Tenggara Province. It consists of three small islands: Komodo Island, Badar Island and Rincha Island. composition.

There lives the world's largest surviving lizard - the Komodo dragon, also known as the Komodo dragon.

In 1991, Komodo National Park was approved by UNESCO as a natural heritage and included in the "World Heritage List".

　　This is another case in which Indonesia has failed to significantly increase ticket prices for tourist attractions this year.

In June this year, the Indonesian government plans to adjust the ticket price for visiting the Borobudur Pagoda, a world cultural heritage located in the historical and cultural city of Yogyakarta and known as one of the "four wonders" of the ancient East, to US$100 per ticket for foreign tourists. Indonesian domestic tourists are 750,000 Indonesian rupiah (about 350 yuan) per ticket.

Before the adjustment, the ticket prices for these two types of tourists were 250,000 rupiah (about 120 yuan) and 50,000 rupiah (about 23 yuan) respectively.

　　The price adjustment plan immediately caused huge social controversy, and the Indonesian government was finally forced to cancel the plan.

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