Assessment of tourism destination sustainability status using rap-tourism case of natural based tourism

Abstract

This research aims to assess the sustainability status of Baturaden tourism destination based on the sustainability index value of four dimensions of sustainable development, each dimension consist of some indicators. The main reference was Ministry Tourism of Republic Indonesia and UNWTO regulation. A questionnaire was developed as a tool for data collection, in which each indicator assessed in five scales. Data collected by distributed the questionnaire to tourism site managers, local government, visitors and community. Data processing uses the rap-tourism method, a multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) approach. The results of the MDS analysis shows that the value of the Baturraden tourism destination sustainability index is 81.92 categorize as very sustainable. The index of the environmental dimension is 82.74 (very sustainable), the index of economic dimensions is 88.19 (very sustainable), the index of socio-cultural dimensions is 76.43 (very sustainable), and the index of institutional dimensions is 78.85 (very sustainable). Sensitive attributes of each dimension are the attributes of eco-friendly transportation for environmental dimension, involving and supporting the local business for economic dimensions, the visitor management system for socio-cultural dimensions and hazard prevention & inspection system for institutional dimensions.