Strengthening Tourism Sector Using Assessment Ecotourism Index

DOI

10.2991/aicobpa-18.2019.3How to use a DOI?

Keywords

assessment; ecotourism; tourism

Abstract

This paper delivers assessment ecotourism index as a tool in strengthening tourism sector. Tourism being more important in local economy of people because this type of village can invite as many people as possible to contribute. The basic problem of ecotourism are 1) private sector develop ecotourism with ignoring the ecosystem, 2) lack of data to meet tourist need for ecotourism, 3) government doesn’t have a guideline to control ecotourism. The need for measuring instruments specific to the tourism sector is a necessity for regional governments to provide an overview of the concept of developing local tourism potential in the future. The measuring instrument has a dual function, namely as an assessment of the conditions and situations of reality owned by the tourism sector and the minimum standards that must be met by the government to develop tourism at a higher level. The purpose of this paper is to provide guideline for stakeholders in proving ecotourism that obey ecosystem and based on user perspective. This study took a study on the Plengkung coastal tourism or known by foreign tourists by the name G-Land, located in Banyuwangi Regency. The type of research used in this study is Mixed Methods Research. The result of the the study produced three important conclusions. First, tourists who go on tours to G-land feel their needs and tourist destinations are fulfilled to the fullest. These needs are assessed from the culinary perspective, facilities and tourist concepts that G-land offers. Second, the management of Hotel in G-land within the TNAP area is in accordance with the management concept that is contested by the applicable law. The mandate of the law carries the concept of conservation and sustainability. Third, Analysis of the Assessment Index can be done using SWOT with a culinary perspective, facilities and tourism concepts from stakeholders and tourists as data.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Akhmad Amirudin
AU  - Bayu Kusuma
PY  - 2019/08
DA  - 2019/08
TI  - Strengthening Tourism Sector Using Assessment Ecotourism Index
BT  - Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of Business and Public Administration (AICoBPA 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 13
EP  - 16
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aicobpa-18.2019.3
DO  - 10.2991/aicobpa-18.2019.3
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