Tourism In Indonesia

According to Forbes.com, around 60.4 million tourists visited South-east Asia in 2007, with many opting for ecotourism offerings. Ecotourism is form of tourism that focuses on volunteering, developing, and finding new way of to preserve environment and live 'green life' on our planet. Usually it involves traveling area with huge variety of fauna, flora, and cultural heritage.

A tourism area would become an Ecotourism if:

1.Promote the sustainable use of bio-diversity and cultural-diversity

2.The main attractions are flora, fauna and local culture

3.Sharing the socio-economic benefit to the local communities

Indonesia is one of the most preferred ecotourism destinations in south-east-Asia. It owns 3rd-largest island in the world, Borneo, with more than 15.000 flower species, 3.000 trees species, 221 species of terrestrial mammals, and 420 of birds' species.
Below are Three Top Picks of ecotourism in Indonesia:

1.Gunung Rinjani National Park

Gunung (literally means Mountain) Rinjani is located on Lombok Island with total height of 3,726m (12,224 ft). It's a stunning landscape, hot springs and also an active volcano (most recent eruption was October 1st, 2008). Volcano eruption made its soil very fertile and good place to grown for almost any kind of crops: rice, soybeans, coffee, cinnamon, vanilla, cotton, tobacco, etc. Many local residents are employed as guides, while small business and craftspeople get micro-loans and training for further development.

2.Satwa Sumatra Elephant Eco Lodge

Located on the outskirts of Way Kambas National Park, it has solar-powered rooms and ranger-led safaris. Local fauna includes rare Sumatran elephants, rhinos and tigers. The lodge tries to protect habitats through donations to local conservation programs. This place is also excellent for birdwatching.

3.Komodo National Park

This national park was founded in 1980 located near the Lesser Sunda Islands and covers 3 main islands: Komodo, Rinca and Padar. The nature conservancy has teamed up with local villages and the parks authority to create an ecotourism program, with main objective is to protect the Komodo dragon and its ecological environment. Patrols thwart illegal fishing while tourism-grade training helps decrease the dependence of the community on destructive fishing practices.

Above are only 3 out of 29 recommended and major ecotourism available in Indonesia, which made Indonesia is one of the preferred ecotourism destination in south-east Asia.

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