Komodo Tourism Project Raises Local, International Hackles

Critics target Indonesia's ambitious tourism developments

By: Ainur Rohmah

Local residents of the storied islands that are home to Indonesia’s Komodo dragons are up in arms over the government’s ambition to attract millions of foreign tourists by creating what officials envision as a world-class tourist facility, part of an ambitious plan to build 10 major new tourism destinations across the far-flung archipela…