Nature Based Tourism Resources Assessment Using Geographic Information System (GIS): Case Study in Bogor

Abstract

A natural and socio-cultural resource is the capital in developing tourism in a region. The demand of sustainable tourism has become an important aspect that must be considered by local government. Therefore, nature-based tourism resources assessment is important in order to determine the appropriate region in the planning of a sustainable tourism destination. The aim of this study is to develop a spatial model of natural tourism planning based on criteria of attractiveness and accessibility of object in Bogor. The attractiveness of the object was develop based on the variety of landscape in term of Land cover & physical condition of villages, meanwhile the accessibility was determined based on distance from the sub-district capital. Result showed there were seven typologies of areas, namely (a) high attractiveness and accessibility (b) high attractiveness and medium accessibility, (c) high attractiveness and low accessibility, (d) medium attractiveness and high accessibility, (e) medium attractiveness and accessibility, (f) medium attractiveness and low accessibility (g) low attractiveness and accessibility.