Typologies of Tourism Visits to Mountain Destinations. A Case Study: Mount Lawu Area, Karanganyar Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

The condition of slopes, climates, weathers as well as natural disasters are variables considered by tourists. The study aimed to analyze typologies of tourism visits on types of tourism destination with slope classification and formulate development and disaster mitigation of tourism area. The location was the Mount Lawu area, Karanganyar Regency. The data were empirical conditions, documents, and spatial. Data collection techniques were field observations, document viewing, mapping, and interview. Data analysis were carried out in five steps. The results show three typologies of tourism visits in accordance with types of tourism destination based on slope levels. The development and disaster mitigation of tourism areas are conducted “for”, “with”, “by”, and “from” community.