IMPROVING THE BENEFITS OF KARAMBA INTO TOURISM ACTIVITIES: AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF AQUACULTURE IN MANINJAU LAKE, INDONESIA
Journal Title: GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites - Year 2019, Vol 26, Issue 3
Abstract
The aim of this study is to explore the potential extending of floating net cage (known as karamba in local term) benefits as tourism attractions. By extending the benefit of karamba as a tourism attraction, the impact of aquaqulture to lake ecology and quality of water can be reduced. In the last decade, tourism has evolved into sustainable tourism activity by making nature and culture as primary object. Therefore, tourism is also trusted can be overcome the ecological problems of Maninjau lake that caused by karamba aquaqulture. The research was conducted in nagari around the Maninjau lake area during 2016-2017. Data wer collected through semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. The results indicate that karamba has the potential to be developed as a tourism activity through the participation of karamba practitioners as tourism operators. However, the type of participation cannot be entirely spontaneous type, but induced participation type is also needed to develop the karamba tourism. Several strategies and challenges in developing karamba tourism are identified.
Authors and Affiliations
Firdaus FIRDAUS, Nurus SHALIHIN, Dian Kurnia ANGGRETA, Faishal YASIN, Rio TUTRI
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