As a nation Indonesia famous throughout the world as archipelago state, and those islands provide plenty of tourist destinations. Nowadays, the power of nations unlike in cold war era, where traditional security is measured as the main source of power, however in today�s society non-traditional security become the main power, and one of them is tourism. As a country located in the coral triangle, Indonesia is surrounded by the shallow tropical marine ecosystem, where corals, fishes and other marine creatures are abundant. Indonesia in addition is the biggest contributor for the coral triangle area and Raja Ampat hosting the highest diversity of Marine world followed Derawan Island in East Kalimantan as the second place. This scientific paper will explain the potency of Derawan Island toward the competitive destination. In order to analyse the topic, the concept of hospitality will implement and the type of data research is primary, since the author conducting field research in Derawan Island and visiting number of official government agencies which related with the topic of research. The type of the research is descriptive explanative where the author will describe the data and explain about the potency of Derawan Island. The research shows that Derawan Island is located in the epicentre of marine biodiversity of the coral triangle. In addition Derawan Island also hosting two of six marine turtles in the world such as hawksbill and green turtle, in terms of dive spot, there are plenty of locations as the dive spot followed with extraordinary view and diversity of underwater world. Moreover related with accommodation, there are plenty of guesthouses, hotels and cottages and tourist can choose based on their budget.
Indonesia famous throughout the world as archipelago state followed with tropical climate, as a result this country is full with magnificent natural tourism. One of extraordinary tourist attraction is Indonesia’s underwater world, and one them located in East Kalimantan Province. Despite the fame of natural resources, this province also providing remarkable natural attraction, especially Berau District, precisly in Biduk Biduk Sub-District. Although this area own magnificent tourist attraction, yet the area is experiencing numerous challenges and threat. In terms of research methodology, this scientific paper adopt descriptive analyze which describe the natural tourism potency and analyze the challenges and threats associated with tourist attraction in Biduk Biduk sub-district. Moreover, the type of data classified as primer data, where the author conducting field research in Biduk Biduk sub-district through direct observation, in-depth interview and collect the data in associate institutions. The result shows that natural tourism in Biduk Biduk sub-district can divided into two categories, and those are land based and sea based. Furthermore, possible obstacles which experienced by this area are related with the plan to open the coconut palm oil and the lack of promotion as well as the road infrastructures.
The coral triangle is the epicenter of marine biodiversity in the world which located in the eastern part of Southeast Asia and the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Despite the benefit of this area, the coral triangle also faces unsustainable fishing practices called Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU). This paper is aiming to provide the benefit of the coral triangle, and the efforts to overcome the problem that occurs in this area. To analyze this paper, the authors applied a descriptive approach, and most of the data obtained through literature review. And the result shows that the coral triangle is very beneficial to the countries in this area. Furthermore, to protect these precious natural resources from IUU, the government in this area decided to work together to overcome through the establishment of a multilateral partnership The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI)
As an archipelago state, Indonesia globally famous with marine mega biodiversity. This country contribute the largest area among 6 countries under the Coral Triangle initiative. The area contains almost 600 species of corals and 76% of total corals worldwide are found in the coral triangle. Moreover, 574 of coral species which 72% of total corals globally are located in Indonesia, and Raja Ampat as the largest marine biodiversity in Indonesia, followed by Derawan Island in the second place. Derawan Island is located in East Kalimantan Province. Despite having an extraordinary marine biodiversity, this island experienced several environment issues. One of them is Abrasion. In terms of methodology, this scientific paper adopt the concept of abrasion, and the type of the research is description explanation which explain the cause of abrasion in Derawan Island and the possible solution which will be implemented in Derawan Island authority. The data type is primer. The Author conducted field research and obtained the data by collecting it from relevant institution, observation and interview. As the result, the research shows that Derawan Island experienced massive abrasion in the east side of the island due to a big numberof residence developments in the South area of the island. As the consequences, the water current which carried sand from East and West side stuck in the South area of the island.
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