Geotourism Resources as Part of Sustainable Development in Geopark Indonesia
- DOI
- 10.2991/gcbme-16.2016.178How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Geotourism resources, sustainable development, geopark
- Abstract
Indonesia is known as rich in natural resources due to its location in the ring of fire and meeting of three continental plates. There are two international geopark recognized by Global Geopark Network UNESCO, which are Batur Global Geopark dan Sewu Global Geopark. The geopark contains Indonesia's geotourism resources explored in this study through the perception of management. Competition for geotourism destination to attract tourists is high, since other neighboring countries also have offered geotourism. The objective of this study is to explore the geotourism resources in geopark, and how it is linked to sustainable development. Research utilize qualitative method, collecting secondary data and primary data through interview guided with semi-structured questionnaires with two geopark management organization about 10 geopark personnel and 100 tourists. The results found that respondents have perceived geotourism resources in the geopark to be rich and diversified, but lack in conservation, interpretation, resources management and needs further development based on the sustainability principle. Recommendation is suggested to the stakeholder such as geopark management, government, community, and academics for more coordination and collaboration to ensure geotourism resources play a role in sustainable development.
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- © 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ayu Krishna Yuliawati AU - Krishna Nur Pribadi AU - Mohamad Sapari Dwi Hadian PY - 2016/08 DA - 2016/08 TI - Geotourism Resources as Part of Sustainable Development in Geopark Indonesia BT - Proceedings of the 2016 Global Conference on Business, Management and Entrepreneurship PB - Atlantis Press SP - 962 EP - 965 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/gcbme-16.2016.178 DO - 10.2991/gcbme-16.2016.178 ID - KrishnaYuliawati2016/08 ER -