Abstract
The ecotourism is global issues who most talked lately in Indonesia, it is one of the activities special tourist interest which low impacts on natural tourism.The presence of ecotourism in the era of sustainable and tourism development mission should be minimum negative impacts, both on the environment resources and on socio-cultural local values. Ecotourism activities were more oriented on the utilization of natural resources, the natural ecosystems and have not been polluted yet. However, when all of tourism development can not be separated from the negative impacts, such as ecosystem distress in ecotourism object when visited by large number of tourists, there are many conflicts of interest between the ecotourism management with local communities, especially regarding the benefits sharing and its accessibilities. The purpose of this paper is to identify the environmental impacts arising as a result of ecotourism activities and to find out alternative efforts in mitigating the environmental impact of ecotourism activities. Carrying capacity of ecotourism is not just limited to the number of visits, but also covers other aspects, such as: (1 ) ecological capacity that is ability of natural environment in providing the needs of tourists, (2) physical capacity, that is ability of facilities and infrastructure in providing the needs of tourists, (3) social capacity, that is ability to absorb tourism activities without the negative impacts on the local communities, (4) the economic capacity, that is ability to absorb destination commercial efforts and accommodateany interests of the local economy. Keywords: Ecotourism, environmental impacts, carrying capacity.
Highlights
Indonesia is a country rich in natural and cultural resources
(1997) reported that the impacts of tourism are relatively complexes and it is difficult to be managed(Hvenegaard and Dearden, 1998). This suggests that ecotourism has an important role in the context of sustainable development, because it offers the high potencies for the private sectors to develop and utilize the natural resources potencies, and to support community economic development, in rural areas surrounding the ecotourism destinations (Eagles, 2002)
To develop ecotourism is not easy because it must meet the international standards and rules. It is not expensive and very profitable in terms of nature conservation and local community empowerment. Ecotourism based on this criteria is ecological tourism, which is a model of responsible tourism development in an undisturbed nature areas or areas that are managed by the specific rules to enjoy and appreciate any ecosystem services and all forms of traditional culture that support conservation, involving educational elements, has a low impacts of socio-economic and active involvement of local communities
Summary
Indonesia is a country rich in natural and cultural resources. Area of this country consists of more than 17,000 islands and small islands that stretch along the 6400 km from west to east, and about 3,000 km from north and south, and naturally suggest the high diversities. The nature and traditional-cultureare the main ecotourism attractions in Indonesia, people need to conserve nature resources in order to sustain any ecotourism objects and atrractions These activities are not so easy because Ryan and Crotts (1997) reported that the impacts of tourism are relatively complexes and it is difficult to be managed(Hvenegaard and Dearden, 1998). This suggests that ecotourism has an important role in the context of sustainable development, because it offers the high potencies for the private sectors to develop and utilize the natural resources potencies, and to support community economic development, in rural areas surrounding the ecotourism destinations (Eagles, 2002). In the perspective of ecotourism, it is identified environmentalimpacts due to the tourism activities and the impact prevention and its mitigation are discussed in order to supportthe goals of sustainable tourism and preservation of natural resources development program
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