Master Plan Study of Mount Sanggabuana Area

Abstract

The development of ecotourism in Indonesia has good prospects because it is supported by the potential of biodiversity including cultural diversity, which is the basic capital for the development of ecotourism. Ecotourism is a tourism sector that has the potential as one of the supports for the national economy, from ecotourism can also be utilized by local governments to increase their own local revenue, with the existence of this sector in addition to being able to absorb workers can also be a good source of foreign exchange earnings, and also able to encourage development in investment. In developing ecotourism optimally in the region, it is very necessary to plan, utilize, control, strengthen institutions and empower communities by taking into account economic, social, ecological principles and involving stakeholders in terms of managing ecotourism potential. The Sanggabuana Mountain Area Master Plan is a form of effort to preserve and protect the biodiversity of the Sanggabuana Mountains and efforts to change the status of the Sanggabuana Mountains area to a National Park which is expected to maintain the biodiversity in the Sanggabuana mountains and get proper protection and preservation efforts.