Indonesia's Komodo Island to close for a year

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Indonesia's famed Komodo Island may close for a year

, famed for their venomous bites and massive size, can grow up to 10 feet in length and weigh as much as 70 kilos.Part of the UNESCO-listed Komodo National Park, Komodo Island has grown increasingly popular in recent years thanks to the addition of new flights and hotels in the nearby town of Labuan Bajo on the island of Flores. The park currently receives an average of 10,000 visitors per month.

Tempo reports that only Komodo Island will close; the rest of the national park will remain open to tourism. In addition to super-sized lizards, the area offers exceptional diving and snorkeling opportunities as well as breathtaking scenery. CNN Travel has reached out to Indonesia Tourism for clarifications on the closure but has yet to receive an official response.News of the upcoming Komodo Island travel ban is the latest in a series of high profile closures ordered in major tourist destinations in Southeast Asia in the name of rehabilitation.as part of a rejuvenation program aimed at reviving the area's decimated corals and installing additional boat jetties, among other activities.

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