摘要：This study aims to explain the management of tourism in the Komodo
National Park (KNP). Besides, this study portrays the impact of tourism
management on the socio-economic life of people living nearby the KNP. This study
employed qualitative research methods. The data were obtained from interviews
with community leaders, naturalist guides, village heads, tourism managers,
fishers, and tourism management communities in the region. Two villages in the
KNP were chosen as the data collection sites. The results of this study indicate that
the management of tourism in the Komodo National Park area is dominated by the
KNP Officer, while the local people exclusively positioned as natularist guide.
Besides, this study shows that the existence of tourism in the national park only
impacts on people living in the Komodo island region which exclude people living
in the island of Rinca from welfare and prosperity.
关键词：tourism; governance; national park; komodo; blessed; curse
