Komodo Island, Indonesia Tourism Mainstay

Komodo

Komodo Island, Indonesia Tourism Mainstay -  Komodo Island is an island located in the Nusa Tenggara islands. Komodo Island is known as a native habitat Of Komodo. The island is also the Komodo National Park, managed by the Central Government. Komodo Island is located east of the island of Sumbawa, separated by Sape Strait.

On the Komodo island, this Animals live and breed well. Until August 2009, on this island there are an estimated 1300 komodo. Coupled with the other islands, such as the Rinca island, Gili island and Motang island, their number totaled about 2500.

In addition, the island also holds a variety of exotic flora such as wood Sepang by the local people used as drugs and dyes for clothing, tree nitak or commonly known as Sterculia oblongata believed to be useful as medicines and seeds are tasty and delicious like peas. Komodo Island is also accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site,

In 1910 the Dutch named the island by the name of the island of Komodo. This story begins with Lieutenant Steyn van Hens Broek, he tries to prove statements of Dutch troops about the existence of a large animal like a dragon on the island. Steyn then kill a dragon and bring documentation to the Museum and Botanical Garden in Bogor for research.

In 2009, the Park has been named a finalist "New Seven Wonders of Nature" newly published in 2010 by online voting at www.N7W.com. then On 11 November 2011, the New 7 Wonders has announced the winners while, and, Komodo National Park is entered into the ranks of winners