Abstract
Kendal is one of 35 regencies in Central Java which has diverse topographies, from low land, hilly, to mountainous areas. Mountainous area of Kendal with numerous unique and distinct natural environments, supported by various unique and distinct culture of its community can be used for tourism activities. Kendal has natural and sociocultural resources for developing tourism that must be considered by the local government. Therefore, nature based tourism resources assessment is important in order to determine the appropriate area in the planning of sustainable tourism destination. The objectives of this study are to assess and prioritize the potential area of mountainous tourism object in Kendal using geospatial approach based on criteria attractiveness, accessibility and amenity of the tourism object. Those criteria are modification of ADO-ODTWA guidelines and condition of the study location. There are 16 locations of tourism object that will be assessed. The result will be processed using ArcMap 10.3. The result will show the most potential tourism object that could become priority for mountainous tourism development in Kendal.
Highlights
Kendal is one of 35 regencies in Central Java which has diverse topographies, from low land, hilly to mountainous areas
The location of this study is in Kendal Regency especially in the mountainous areas of Plantungan, Pageruyung, Sukorejo, Patean, Singorojo, Boja, and Limbangan
The result of ADO-ODTWA assessment would be integrated with Geographic Information System (GIS) by tabulating it into the database of Arc Map 10.3
Summary
Kendal is one of 35 regencies in Central Java which has diverse topographies, from low land, hilly to mountainous areas. The area of Kendal regency presents numerous unique and distinct natural environment, supported by various unique and distinct culture of its community which could become tourism potency to attract visitors. Many of these areas have not been well managed, despite the potencies found such as in Gonoharjo and Curugsewu rainfall, both are located in mountainous area [2, 3]. There is a growing demand for nature based tourism which becomes a new trend in the tourism industry It was seen from a lot of documentation uploaded in social media used as self-actualization. This condition requires tourism actors, including in mountainous tourism area of Kendal Regency
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