Ecotourism Strategy for Indigenous Community to Contribute Socioeconomic Resilient in Pulau Merah Area

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10.2991/aebmr.k.210616.094How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Ecotourism, Tourism strategy, Tourism community

Abstract

Tourism has become one of the largest economic sectors and is the service sector with the fastest growth rate in the world today. Increasing the number of destinations and investing in tourism development, has transformed tourism as a prime mover the socio-economic progress of a country one of them is ecotourism. Ecotourism is a mixture of interests arising from environmental, economic, and social problems. It combines a strong commitment to nature and a sense of social responsibility. Pulau Merah is an ecotourism attraction in Banyuwangi which has huge potential and it developing very fast, up to the international level. This condition makes the surrounding community quite affected, especially the socio-economic aspects, as a result of which there are many tourist visits every year. This study aims to determine the contribution size of the socio-economic impacts that arise as a result of the rapid development of ecotourism. Other objectives will also be formulated to increase socio-economic resilience based on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that exist there. The method used to answer the problems is a descriptive phenomenology approach, where the researcher makes direct observations, interviews and surveys supported with a simple SWOT analysis to be able revealing the real conditions that appear. The ecotourism give structural economic activity enhancement for local people; from agriculture activity become extensively service provider for tourism. There is evidence for increasing socio-economic welfare from developing ecotourism. Strategies must be carried out to create significant impact on socio-economic activities. Based on the results of the analysis carried out, there are several strategies concern in aspects of advantage, consistency, consonance and feasibility. The implementation are by increasing the participation of local residents in all age and improving eco-friendly infrastructure as well as supporting regulations as legal protection for tourism activities and education for conserving nature.

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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  - Magistyo P. Priambodo
AU  - Ni’matul Istiqomah
AU  - Nur A. Yunikawati
AU  - Emma Y. Puspasari
AU  - Fatimah Sidi
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/17
TI  - Ecotourism Strategy for Indigenous Community to Contribute Socioeconomic Resilient in Pulau Merah Area
BT  - Proceedings of the Sixth Padang International Conference On Economics Education, Economics, Business and Management, Accounting and Entrepreneurship (PICEEBA 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 612
EP  - 618
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210616.094
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210616.094
ID  - Priambodo2021
ER  -