However, environmentalists caution that this movie tie-in is a double-edged sword. While it boosts tourism, it distracts from the region's true value: its unique karst ecosystem and ancient geology.
The landscape is a masterpiece of nature’s patience. Over 15 million years, ancient coral reefs were lifted from the seabed by tectonic forces. Rain and chemical erosion then sculpted these uplifted limestones into thousands of kegelkarst (cone karst) formations—towering, 50-to-100-meter-high hills with steep, rugged sides. Sewu Dino