BALURAN NATIONAL PARK ECOSYSTEM SITE PLAN AS SUPPORTING FACTOR OF WILDLIFE-BASED TOURISM

Author: 
Muhamad and Aloysius Chris Cahyo Utomo
Country: 
Indonesia
Abstract: 

Baluran National Park has various nature potentials ranged from species to ecosystem level. Existing ecosystems in Baluran evergreen forest, and savanna. The existence of savanna has named Baluran National Park as Little National Park are including coastal forest, mangrove forest, seasonal forest, Africa in Java Island and also as the main attraction for both domestic and foreign tourists to come to  this area. The main aims of this research is to formulate an effective management system for national park through (1) ecotourism landscape identification, (2) analysis of any potentials and obstacles of future developing of Balura n National Park as ecotourism destination and ecotourism site plan as the main key of supporting factor in the way of development in order to achieve an ideal and cognial management system with the natural environment. To attain the aims, this research used ecotourism site plan interpretation method through these stages: 1. Data gathering, 2. Data analyzing, 3. Data synthesizing, and 4. Result Planning. The gathered data were analysed through descriptive and spatial and then also scored through physical and tourism aspects. The main result of this research is an ecotourism site plan which is covers three touristm spatial distributioning of Baluran National Park area: circulation zone, activities zone, and facilities zone. All of the zones are adapted to high , medium, and low level of tourist’s involvement intencity.
 

KeyWords: 

Site plan, ecotourism, wild life

Volume & Issue: 
Vol. 4, Issue1
Pages: 
1015-1021
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