Abstract

Belawan Sicanang Village is a sub-district that still has a mangrove forest ecosystem in the city of Medan with a mangrove area of about 470 ha is divided into the fisheries an area 466 ha and ecotourism sectors with an area of 4 ha. This research was conducted in Belawan Sicanang Village, Medan Belawan District, North Sumatra, Indonesian in 05 January – 05 February 2021. This study aims to measure the amount of economic value obtained by Mangrove Ecotourism in Belawan Sicanang Village seen from consmer surplus with individual travel cost. Method respondents were determined using accidental sampling method with a total of 40 respondents. The result of the study concluded that in calculating the economic value of Belawan Sicanang Mangrove Ecotourism using the travel cost method with a consumer surplus value (CS), it was obtained IDR 412,169 per year and the economic value seen from the travel cost method was IDR 1,648,159,472 per year.

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