Abstract

Sustainable tourism basically governs human and environmental relations based on the principles of sustainable development. Thus the critical challenge for policy-makers is how to ensure sustainability, quality and human and environmental issues in the tourism sector. Tourism Area of Karang Jahe Beach (KJB) according to Plan of Utilization of WP3K Spatial Allocation of Central Java Province is included in tourism zone. The growth of nature tourism in this area is quite rapid over the last three years with the typology of mass tourism. The growth of nature-based tourism activities encourages economic growth and the welfare of the people. But in its implementation, nature tourism activities become very susceptible to interference due to human intervention. Considering the ecosystem's richness in the coastal area, the economic potential and the complexity of tourism management in coastal areas, the planning of sustainable tourism development should be a serious concern of stakeholders, including coastal tourism in Karang Jahe Beach. The relevance of sustainable tourism development planning in Karang Jahe Beach can be seen from several issues 1 economic, 2 social, 3 environment and 4 legal. A Touristic Ecological Footprint can be used as an approach to assess the environmental carrying capacity and formulate a coastal tourism development strategy. Carrying capacity-based ecotourism development is expected to play an important role in realizing low carbon community development..

Highlights

  • The travel and tourism industries growth faster in the world and is a source of income for many developing countries

  • Sustainable tourism illustrates the important role of cotourism to the sustainable development

  • Considering the ecosystem's richness in the coastal area, the economical potention and the complexity of tourism management in coastal areas, the planning of sustainable tourism development should be a serious concern of stakeholders, including coastal tourism in Karang Jahe Beach (KJB)

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Introduction

The travel and tourism industries growth faster in the world and is a source of income for many developing countries. This industry is responsible for over0230 million jobs and over 10% of the0gross0domestic product (GDP) worldwide. The interaction between tourism and efforts to conserve natural resources has been the concern of experts for the last 3 (three) decades which led to the phenomenon of ecotourism, which is grew faster than the tourism industry as a whole. Resource productivity and environmental services and accessibility In these conditions, coastal areas find their relevance as a potential place for the development of various intensive development activities, including the development of nature-based tourism. Sustainable tourism must play an important role in realizing low carbon community development

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