Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the tourism attractions’ potentials of the landscape that had the major function as protected areas. Bulue Village was selected in this study as nearly 85% of the territory lies inside the protected areas. The comprehensive spatial analysis combined with descriptive analysis was utilized as approaches toward the study. The Scenic Beauty Estimation (SBE) was also carried out to obtain the potential of nature-based tourism attractions based on tourist’s perceptions. The results showed that there were nine spots of attractions that had a high value of SBE. Those attractions were identified as Lejja hot spring (SBE=81.33), Lejja view (SBE=129.33), camping ground (SBE=51.78), Datae hot spring (SBE=71.22), Menawoe waterfall (SBE=184.44), Lapaserengi waterfall (SBE=143.00), Batumurue waterfall (SBE=127.89), Waepuange waterfall (SBE=122.11), and Sarasa-tandre waterfall (SBE=147.44). Only Anoa sanctuary has a moderate value. Nevertheless, there some issues that need to be considered, in particular, to prevent further forest degradation by providing economic alternatives for the locals and improving the management of the site. These findings have shown the need for finding a specific strategy to develop ecotourism activities based on the characteristics of the landscape. Keywords: Bulue village, ecotourism in protected area, landscape-based ecotourism, scenic beauty estimation.
Highlights
Ecotourism is a component of sustainable tourism [1,2]
Bulue Village was selected in this study as nearly 85% of the territory lies inside the protected areas
The results showed that there were nine spots of attractions that had a high value of Scenic Beauty Estimation (SBE)
Summary
Ecotourism is a component of sustainable tourism [1,2]. According to The International Ecotourism Society, ecotourism as responsible travel to natural areas maintains the welfare of the local community and involves interpretation and education [3]. Reduce the value of natural beauty so that forest management systems that are related to ecotourism are needed to create alternative income for the community. The purpose of this study is to identify the tourism attraction potential of Bulue Village, which can be used as the driving factor in developing ecotourism. The Scenic Beauty Estimation was employed to describe the perceptions of the local people/visitors toward tourism attractions potential. The primary data of the tourism attractions potential were obtained through surveys and interviews. To provide information on the perceptions of local people/visitors on the potential attractions and measure the scenic beauty estimation (SBE), a set of the questionnaire were distributed to 30 respondents. The data were analyzed descriptively by incorporating the results of spatial analysis and scenic beauty estimation.
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