The Management Of Indonesia's, Bunaken National Marine Park

When we first got to Bunaken and paid the Bunaken National Marine Park entrance fee during registration with the dive resort, I wondered what the fee was used for. I remember at the time thinking that it probably goes into some bureaucrat's pocket, but I was tired and cranky from the too-long journey by car and boat between Lembeh and Bunaken, so I decided to let that line of thinking go until I could find out more. In retrospect I wish I'd asked the dive resort staff during the briefing because, now that I know what the money is being used for, I think those details are worth being part of the dive operation orientation. Instead we were simply told to make sure our tag (see photo) was on the boat with us at all times because the park is patrolled...