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Keen to see a komodo dragon? $500 please, says Indonesian governor

Tourists to shell out $500 to enter the national park where komodo dragons live. [Photo: AFP]

Tourists keen for a close-up look at komodo dragons in their natural habitat could be hit with an alarming bill, if one Indonesian politician gets his way.

The governor of East Nusa Tenggara province, home to the world's biggest lizard -- has proposed charging visitors $500 to see the endangered species, about 50 times the current entrance fee for foreign tourists at Komodo National Park.

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