Mangrove ecotourism is one of the important tourism in the coastal area. Mangrove ecosystems not only have physical and biological functions, but also have socioeconomic functions, including tourism potential. Utilization of mangrove areas to be ecotourism areas is an alternative that is very likely and high strategic, considering that ecotourism activities can encourage conservation of mangrove ecosystems as a buffer zone in coastal areas in particular. This study aims to formulate a model of mangrove ecotourism management in Lantebung of Makassar City. The study was conducted with a dynamic system approach with Powersim software (student version). The study location is at Lantebung of Makassar City, especially in mangrove area. Data collection, consist of; literature study, interviews and field observations. The results study obtained two dynamic model scenarios related to the management of the Lantebung mangrove eco-tourism, it’s known that the optimal level of management that can be done now is to encourage better tourism promotion. This can be seen from the dynamic model results obtained that scenario-2 (the strategy to increase tourism promotion is 10%) is more optimal than scenario-1 (the strategy to increase community empowerment is 10%). Even though the aspect of mangrove conservation scenario-1 is better where it can increase the extent of existing mangroves (20 Ha) to 28.54 Ha or an increase about is 42.70%. Whereas the mangrove scenarios only increased to 25.25 Ha or increased about is 26.25% in the same period. While from the economic aspect, the scenario-2 is able to generate income from ecotourism of 620.25 million, and scenario-1 only produces 588.81 million in the next 30 years.
Indonesia has the potential for the beauty of its islands and coasts which are well known to foreign countries. Not only beautiful beaches, also stretches of coral reefs with hundreds of marine species, mangrove forests with their ecosystems are a panorama that can be found from Sabang to Maraoke. It is estimated that more than 21 marine tourism sites have been developed and become destinations for world and local tourists, in addition to locations that are still managed by the community. Foreign exchange contributions from the tourism sector continued to increase in 2018, the tourism sector's foreign exchange reached IDR 229.5 trillion, an increase of 15.4 percent on an annual basis. This study aims to describe the condition of marine tourism potential in South Sulawesi and its impact on local communities living around tourist sites and the development needed to improve the welfare of local communities. The research locations were on Lemo Beach, East Luwu Regency, Bira Bulukumba Beach and Makassar Lantebong Mangrove Tourism, taking 100 respondents. The research method is qualitative and analyzed descriptively by correlation and using Likers to assess its impact on people's welfare. The results of the study illustrate that in general, the role of the government, both local and provincial, is still needed, especially in environmental hygiene facilities, order for traders. The social impact on people's behavior shows that there is a change in the ability to communicate and interact more openly with a value of 1634. The economic impact shows a very large regional value due to the opening of new job opportunities which are a source of income for the local community with a value of 2250.
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