Abstract
This research aims to identify fruit plants species which is potential for tourism attraction, spatially describes fruit plants distribution and identify local people’s response for fruit plants as tourims attraction in Kopendukuh village, Banyuwangi. Survey was done along the villages corridors. The fruit plant species along corridors was identified and mapped using GPS. Furthermore, semi-structural interview was used to gain informations of local people response about fruit plants as tourism attraction. There were about 18 species and 162 individuals were found along corridor of Kopendukuh village. Fruit plants always found in local home gardens along rural corridor. Local peoples argue that fruit planst s important for numerous purposes. Local people support tourism development in rural area which based on the fruit plants richness (i.e. agrotourism). Keywords: fruit plants, mapping, corridor, rural tourism.
Highlights
Rural tourism is a kind of tourism which has characteristics that signify a rural area; including small settlements, low population densities, agrarian-based economies, and traditional societies [1]
Fruit plants can be found along the corridor in Kopendukuh Village
Local people plant it in their yard because it has a lot of function, such as its fruits are edible, its canopy can be use as shade, and its branch can be used as fire wood
Summary
Rural tourism is a kind of tourism which has characteristics that signify a rural area; including small settlements, low population densities, agrarian-based economies, and traditional societies [1]. There are several interesting aspect to become tourism attraction, such as culture, natural landscape, specific flora and fauna which life in their area, etc. One of potential resource for tourism attraction is fruit plants field [2]. Fruits field became interesting place to visit because visitors can eat fruit directly from the field. They even can teach their children about fruit plants. Fruit plants as food producer can be used as tourism attraction base on agroecotourism. Tourism attraction base on agroecotourism have some function, attraction for tourist and for conservation tools [3]. Besides that agroecotourism can used as additional income for local people [4]
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