THE ACCESSIBILITY OF TRANSPORTATION TO SUPPORT TOURISM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MENTAWAI ISLANDS

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10.2991/grost-17.2018.22How to use a DOI?

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Accessibility, Transportation, and Tourism

Abstract

The Municipality of Mentawai Islands is the only regency in West Sumatra Province in a form of islands which has different regional characteristics with other cities and regencies in the province. It consists of a small and large group of 99 islands surrounded by the Indian Ocean. The distance between the Municipality of Mentawai Islands and the provincial capital of Padang is about 62 nautical miles. Sea and air transports become main transportation. However, sea transport is often used rather than air transport. The only route of air transport is from Rokot to Padang and otherwise using small plane (Susi Air). Based on the results of the research, the transportation costs to experience the significant resources of Mentawai Islands with its natural scenery and underwater beauty is expensive due to the inadequate of transportation accessibility.

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© 2018, 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  - Lut Mafrudoh
AU  - Simon Gultom
AU  - Sekar Widyastuti Pratiwi
AU  - Prima Widiyanto
PY  - 2017/11
DA  - 2017/11
TI  - THE ACCESSIBILITY OF TRANSPORTATION TO SUPPORT TOURISM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MENTAWAI ISLANDS
BT  - Proceedings of the Conference on Global Research on Sustainable Transport (GROST 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 250
EP  - 259
SN  - 2352-5401
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DO  - 10.2991/grost-17.2018.22
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