Improving Tourism Destination Management Through Sustainable Tourism Development Model A Case Study on TSR

Edy Sahputra Sitepu

doi:10.24922/eot.v6i2.45746

Abstract

As a priority destination, Lake Toba area should immediately clean up so as not to lag behind compared to other destinations. One important indicator of the good governance of tourism in this priority destination is, when the destination has run the management and development of tourism/destination with the principles of Sustainable Tourism Development (STD). According to Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) the principles that must be met, among others are; 1) demonstrating effective sustainable management, 2) maximizing social and economic benefit to the local community and minimizing negative impacts; 3) maximizing benefit to cultural heritage and minimizing negative impacts; and 4) maximize benefit to the environtment and minimizing negative impacts in accordance with Permenpar No .14 / 2016. Given the importance of STD implementation in the Lake Toba area, this research tries to assess and influence one of the important destinations in Lake Toba area, namely Taman Simalem Resort (TSR) located right on the edge of Lake Toba, Merek Sub District, Karo District. It is expected that by encouraging TSR in applying STD, TSR can become a local champion and become model of STD application in Toba Lake Area.

Highlights

Upon completion in 2015 the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) development concept has been continued with a new concept called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is valid from early 2016 to 2030 (Nam, 2016; Wysokińska, 2017)
This study examines how the application of sustainable tourism development with national indicators that have been established by Tourism Ministry of Indonesia
In this baseline assessment the indicators used in the application of sustainable tourism development are filled in FGD forums by involving key stakeholders

Summary

Background

Upon completion in 2015 the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) development concept has been continued with a new concept called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is valid from early 2016 to 2030 (Nam, 2016; Wysokińska, 2017). In the same year as the launching of SDGs, where the government through the Ministry of Tourism RI http://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/eot e-ISSN: 2407-392X. In addition to the determination of 20 pilot project destinations for STD implementation, Kemenpar RI set 10 national priority tourism destinations, consisting of;1) Danau Toba, 2) Tanjung Kelayang, 3) Kepulauan Seribu, 4). The important indicator of the good governance of tourism in the priority destination is that the destination has run the management and development of tourism / destination with the principles of Sustainable Tourism Development (STD). The STD Principles that must be met refers to the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). These principles are adopted to bePermenpar No.14/2016 (Kemenpar, 2016; GSTC, 2017). How the application of STD can be improved in quality with mentoring activities, where research has been done on one of the important destinations in Lake Toba area of Simalem Resort Park (TSR) located right on the edge of Lake Toba, Kecamatan Merek, Kabupaten Karo

LITERATURE REVIEW

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

SECTION D: Maximize benefits to the environme nt and minimize negative impacts

SECTION D: Maximize benefits to the environment and minimize negative impacts

CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS