Tourism hazard potentials in Mount Merapi: how to deal with the risk

4th International Symposium on LAPAN-IPB Satellite for Food Security and Environmental Monitoring

农业科学;生态环境科学

Muthiah, J.^1 ; Muntasib, E.K.S.H.^1 ; Meilani, R.^1

Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism Department, Faculty of Forestry Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia^1

关键词: Data collection;    Early Warning System;    Geographical positions;    Hazard identification;    Hazard management;    Hazard potential;    Positioning system;    Tourism activities;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/149/1/012020/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/149/1/012020

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Mount Merapi as one of the most popular natural tourism destination in Indonesia, indicated as disaster prone area. Hazard management is required to ensure visitors safety. Hazard identification and mapping are prerequisite in developing proper hazard management recommendation. This study aimed to map hazard potentials' geographical positions obtained with geographical positioning system and to identify the hazard management being implemented. Data collection was carried out in Mei - June 2017 through observation and interview. Hiking trail and Lava tour area was selected as the study site, since the sites are the main areas for tourism activities in Mount Merapi. The type of hazards found in the area included lava, tephra, eruption cloud, ash, earthquake, land slide, extreme weather, slope and loose rock. Early warning system had been developed in this area, however the mechanism to regulate tourism activities still had to be improved. Local tourism entrepreneurs should be involved in the network of early warning system stakeholders to ensure tourist safety, and their capacity should be improved in order to be able to perform the measures needed for handling accident and disaster occurrences. Interpretive media explaining hazard potentials may be used to improve visitors' awareness and ability to cope with the risk.