The physical carrying capacity of mangrove ecotourism in Blanakan, Subang Regency, West Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Blanakan mangrove forest is a form of biodiversity wealth owned by Indonesia. This forest has several tourism objects both in terms of nature and culture. Natural attraction such as mangrove diversity, crocodile breeding sites, and mangrove zonation. Cultural attraction such as Nadran ceremonies (sea party) and Sisingaan. Based on tourist visit data, the number of tourists has increase from year to year. However, it is feared to cause environmental damage and inconvenience for visitors. Therefore, the physical carrying capacity as the maximum number of tourists in tourist area needs to be taken into account. This research aims to analyze the physical carrying capacity of Blanakan mangrove ecotourism. The method of the research is quantitative method. This research analyzed by physical carrying capacity method. The result is the physical carrying capacity is 77.000 visitors/day. Relative carrying capacity is 2.750 visitors/day and effective carrying capacity is 825 visitors/day. While, the average tourist visit rate per day is 57 people. This research that the carrying capacity of the Blanakan mangrove ecotourism has not been exceeded.

Carrying capacity of mangrove ecotourism area in Pantai Indah Kapuk, North Jakarta, Indonesia

“…This number is relatively lower than the carrying capacity of mangrove ecotourism in Blanakan, West Java, Indonesia. The PCC value of this tourist attraction is 77,000 visitors per day (Hartanti et al 2018). A similar situation occurred in the study conducted by Sridhar et al (2016) in Andaman, India, resulting in a PCC value of 400,587 visitors per day.…”

“…Physical Carrying Capacity (PCC) is the maximum number of visitors to travel based on physical conditions and time available (Soria-Díaz et al 2022). The PCC calculation in this study used a formula adapted from previous studies (Hartanti et al 2018;Soria-Díaz et al 2022), as follows:…”

“…The calculation of real carrying capacity in this study is adapted from previous studies (Hartanti et al 2018;Soria-Díaz et al 2022) with the following formula:…”

“…The rotation factor (Rf) obtained based on the results of interviews with respondents was 2.67 hours. The Rf number is obtained from the average length of visit of visitors at the PIK Mangrove Ecotourism (Zacarias et al 2011;Hartanti et al 2018;Soria-Díaz et al 2022). Therefore, the analysis of the physical carrying capacity of the tourism objects yielded a total of 107 visitors/day.…”

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“…The area covering 131.37 hectares consists of nine villages, and seven directly border the northern coastal area. The community activities depend on the existing resources in the coastal area (Hartanti et al 2018). Out of the seven villages bordering the sea, only Blanakan Village relies on fishing in the sea.…”