Mangrove Ecotourism Development on Kakaralamo Island North Halmahera: Community perception, participation and development strategies

International Conference on Industrial Technology for Sustainable Development 2017

工业技术;经济学

Arkwright, Darius^1 ; Kaomaneng, Irena Septianita^2

Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Halmahera, Jalan Wari Raya, Tobelo, Maluku Utara, Indonesia^1

Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Universitas Halmahera, Jalan Wari Raya, Tobelo, Maluku Utara, Indonesia^2

关键词: Alternative livelihoods;    Community-based management;    Development strategies;    Eco-tourism development;    Eco-tourisms;    Kakaralamo island;    mangroves;    North Halmahera;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/175/1/012232/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/175/1/012232

学科分类：工业工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Kakaralamo is one of small islands cluster at Tobelo, North Halmahera, Indonesia. Kakaralamo also a famous local tourist destinations, with white sandy beaches. There was one village there, namely Kakara. It was also an Indigenous village, which steeped in culture of Hibualamo. Moreover, there also a mangrove ecosystem that due to errors in management has been degraded. This research aims to develop the potential of mangrove ecosystems in supporting ecotourism activities on Kakaralamo, seeking to determine the feasibility of the mangrove ecosystem as an ecotourism, and to know perception and participation of the local communities for mangroves ecotourism development on Kakaralamo. We analyze the socio-economic, accessibility, as well as descriptive-qualitative analysis to determine the perception and participation of the community. Based on the results before (part 1), physically Kakaralamo could support Ecotourism, where the calculation of Tourism Feasibility Index (TFI) based on the identification of seven parameters at three stations, reached 90%. Meanwhile, the results of the analysis of percepti on and public participation related to tourism development on the island mangrove Kakaralamo showed positive results reached 63.78%, which means that the public supports such efforts. Seven directions and development strategies formulated for it. There are (1)encourage regional governments to make detailed spatial plan of coastal and small islands in North Halmahera, (2)improve the quality of human resources to manage the potential of mangrove ecotourism, (3)increasing active participation of the community in community-based management of mangrove ecotourism, (4)socialization of legislation and law enforcement related to the protection of natural resources, including mangroves, (5)protection and rehabilitation of mangrove ecosystems and associated biota in it and formulate alternative livelihoods for communities to reduce the rate of destruction of mangrove forests by the community, (6)develop an integrated mangrove ecotourism development plan on Kakaralamo, and (7)conduct information sessions for the community to preserve the mangrove ecosystem.