#Komodo

A new wave of luxury villa development around Komodo National Park is prompting urgent questions about wildlife conservation and the true costs of “world-class” tourism. Environmentalists warn that unchecked expansion risks fragmenting dragon habitat, increasing human-wildlife interactions, and undermining decades of conservation work. The debate has sharpened after plans surfaced to extend upscale accommodation and private tourism infrastructure into buffer zones that were once considered sacred buffers for the park’s delicate ecosystems. In short, the question on many conservationists’ minds is whether Thailand’s neighbors are replicating a risky model that could jeopardize one of Southeast Asia’s most iconic species.