ECOTOURISM SUMUT

A domestic tourist joined the elephant accompanied by mahout ( elephant money) in Tangkahan, the forest edge of the Gunung Leuser National Park, North Sumatra, Tuesday (10/2). The ecotourism in Tangkahan was developed by former illegal loggers who have started to have awareness of maintaining forests, they offer tour packages in the form of tracking in forests, encoded elephants, patrol forest security, and lodging packages on the edge of the forest. ANTARA PHOTO/Regina Safri/ed/nz/15.