Potensi Bahari Pulau Derawan Menuju Destinasi Wisata Kompetitif

Abstract

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.

The youth rationality of working in the tourism in Derawan Island, Berau Regency, East Borneo, Indonesia

“…This ecoregion is an area located in the world coral triangle area (Coral Triangle). This area is only found in six countries globally, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, East Leste, and Papua New Guinea (Mujiono, 2018). Continuing the explanation above, Derawan Island has an average hard coral reef cover distribution of 17.41% and a live coral spread cover of 27.78%.…”

“…The next potential that Derawan Island has is as a native habitat for several species of rare (endangered) turtles such as green and hawksbill turtles. It is because Derawan Island is an area rich in white sand (Mujiono, 2018). Based on the explanation above, Derawan Island is an area that has good potential to become an industrial tourism area.…”

Praktik Pendisiplinan Tubuh dan Resistensi Masyarakat Pelaku Usaha Wisata Bahari Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 di Pulau Derawan, Kabupaten Berau Kalimantan Timur

“…Pulau Derawan juga merupakan habitat asli bagi Penyu Hijau dan Penyu Sisik. Kedua jenis penyu tersebut termasuk jenis penyu langka (terancam punah) (Mujiono, 2018).…”

“…Berdasarkan hal tersebut maka pandemi Covid-19 memberikan dampak yang besar bagi industri pariwisata China karena selama pandemi Covid-19 menyerang mereka harus membuat kebijakan lockdown (Hoque et al, 2020). Studi ke enam yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah studi mengenai potensi objek wisata bahari di Pulau Derawan yang dilakukan oleh Mujiono (2018). Merujuk pada studi tersebut, Pulau Derawan memiliki daya tarik sebagai objek wisata bahari karena terletak di wilayah laut segitiga koral dunia.…”

“…Oleh sebab itu keindahan bawah laut Pulau Derawan sudah tidak diragukan lagi. Selain itu, sebagai wilayah objek wisata Pulau Derawan juga memiliki fasilitas akomodasi yang lengkap bagi para wisatawan yang ingin berkunjung (Mujiono, 2018).…”