Abstract

Indonesia’s tourism-ministry is targeting 20 million foreign tourists’ visiting Indonesia in 2019. Moreover, traveling to the natural-coastal eco-tourism becomes a tourist’s trend and their priority’s decision on considering their leisure time’s plan. “Pasir Putih” beach is one of the natural beach-tourism, have been attractive natural-scenic in Lampung. The existing performance indicated that the destination is quite ordinary. Therefore, the visitation of tourist to Lampung increased averagely up to 30% annually. While, recently there has been some environmental quality problem such as a damage to coral reefs and sea grass beds around the destination. This lowers the quality to the environment in the future that will impact the quantities, and the visit of tourists. It is extremely clear visible in the results of gap analysis tourism performance bunch, who demonstrate the need for effort to control the utilization of the beach environment and implement programs for the coast protection of coastal areas for improving and maintaining its quality, which is very important, because such activity can provide economic contribution to the community and local government. Moreover, on the supply sides, travel agent collaborates with travel agency get to reduce the negative impact of coastal-tourism activity by conserving various coral reefs, sea grass. This effort would occur by developing local-community empowerment on conserving both sides of coastal-destination that becomes the favorites scenic for them on developing natural coastal tourism along the coastline.

Highlights

  • Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Lampung mentioned the number of foreign tourist, who visit and stay at various hotels and another accommodation in “Lampung” increased to 2.21%

  • On the supply sides, travel agent collaborates with travel agency get to reduce the negative impact of coastal-tourism activity by conserving various coral reefs, sea grass

  • This effort would occur by developing local-community empowerment on conserving both sides of coastal-destination that becomes the favorites scenic for them on developing natural coastal tourism along the coastline

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Introduction

Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Lampung mentioned the number of foreign tourist, who visit and stay at various hotels and another accommodation in “Lampung” increased to 2.21%. The number of tourists, who are visiting the destination increased 30% annually. It followed by hotel growth rates increased to $ 20 from the previous 2015 (Admin, 2016). Government of Lampung region launched a development program of tourism industry that includes: a) The development of tourism business of local-communities, b) simplify investment procedures for the tourism business, c) facilitating the development and improvement a regional labor force's skill on the field of travel, and d) encourage attitude / mental local people to be friendly towards tourists. Development of the tourism sector in Lampung relies on the destination itself, but must present the convenience and comfort of ones traveled (Prakoso, 2016)

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