Study of Environmental Carrying Capacity in the Development of Kayangan Api Tourism Object, Bojonegoro Regency

Nailul Insani, Dyah Rina Syafitri, Elia Vetty K Ningrum, Hanifa A Mufid
2020 Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Studies and Environmental Issues (ICOSSEI 2019)   unpublished
The progress of the tourism industry in an area is very dependent on the potential, management and improvement of the utilization of Tourism Destination Areas (DTW). The existence of the potential of tourism has an impact on the increase and the number of visitors and mass tourists. One of the tourist destinations in Bojonegoro Regency, East Java is the Kayangan Api tourist attraction. The tourism object of Kayangan Api is an excellent tourism icon in Bojonegoro Regency. This tourism object is
more » ... ocated in Sendangharjo Village, Ngasem District, Bojonegoro Regency, East Java. The Kayangan Api tourism object is located in a protected forest area, so that its management is a collaboration between the government, namely the Culture and Tourism Office, the Perhutani and involving the local community. The number of tourists coming to the Kayangan Api tourist attraction always increases every year. The manager has also continued to develop efforts both physically and non-physically. This study aims to (1) Determine the carrying capacity of the environment in the Kayangan Api tourist attraction (2) Analyze the development of a Kayangan Api tourist attraction. The method used is a quantitative descriptive method by using the Regional Caarring Capacity Analysis (DDK), SWOT and spatial analysis techniques to determine the existing potential. Data is obtained through interviews and field observations. The result show types of activities identified include outbound, historical tours, playgrounds, ruwatan ceremonies, jumenengan ceremonies and waranggono graduation ceremonies. Outbound activity has the highest DDK value than other activities, namely 1200 visitors because the area provided for outbound is still quite large at 500 m2. Identification of potential as a dominance of tourist activities to determine the type of development that is applied specifically to maximize the capacity of tourists.
doi:10.2991/assehr.k.200214.027 fatcat:qkss3qaesbhm3ozv6ouhfmvhqq