Environmental Carrying Capacity Base on Land Balance to Support Geotourism Programs in the Karst Area of South Malang

Abstract

Environmental carrying capacity is very much needed in areas that will be developed for geotourism, such as the South Malang Karst Area. Even though this area has a good geodiversity, biodiversity and cultural diversity to be developed into geotourism, it is necessary to know how the carrying capacity of the environment in this region supports the sustainability of this geotourism. This study aims to assess the environmental carrying capacity based on land balance in the South Malang Karst Area, which consists of 8 districts, in supporting the sustainability of geotourism. The method used in this research is a descriptive method that refers to the Regulation of the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Indonesia Number 17 of 2009 concerning Guidelines for Determination of Environmental Support Capacity in Regional Spatial Planning, by comparing the comparison of land with land requirements in South Malang. The results of the analysis show that the total cultivated land in the South Malang Karst Area of 10,519.41 hectares produced a total production value of IDR 731.3 billion. While the total land requirement to meet the population and tourists at the moment is 156,264.03 hectares or 145,744.61 less than what is available. Where the Status of Environmental Capability of each district is an overall deficit.

Environment carrying capacity and willingness to pay for bird-watching ecotourism in Kerandangan Natural Park, Lombok, Indonesia

“…The optimal capacity for visitors must be carefully determined to provide the desired biophysical and social conditions. Optimal capacity can change according to place, season, time, user behavior, facility design, pattern and level of management, and dynamic character of environmental elements (Ceballos-Lacurảin 1996;Marsiglio 2015;Sutanhaji et al 2019). The calculation of environment carrying capacity of bird-watching ecotourism packages in KNP indicates PCC > RCC > ECC with a total value of 2,383 > 437 > 175.…”

“…The high number of visitors could result in environmental disturbance in the ecotourism area. This leads to deterioration in the quality of the environment, and the environmental aesthetic value will decrease (Bunruamkaew and Muruyama 2012;Enseñat-Soberanis et al 2020;Ferreira and Harmse 2014;Marsiglio 2015;Sabokkhiz et al 2016;Salemi et al 2019;Sutanhaji et al 2019). Thus, environment carrying capacity of birdwatching ecotourism packages in KNP should be analyzed to ensure its sustainability.…”

Developing Digital Natural Laboratory Based on Edutourism for Environmental Geography

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