Abstract
Facts on the tourism issues that emerged in Karangasem Regency showed a lack of synergy between spatial planning and tourism destination planning. In addition, tourism development in Karangasem Regency is vulnerable to exploitation of natural and cultural resources. Therefore, in developing tourism in Karangasem Regency, careful measures are needed to avoid the degradation of local cultural values. This study aimed to formulate and develop a policy framework for tourism destination development in the regional spatial system of Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia. This study used a qualitative research approach with multicriteria-based policy (MULTIPOL) analysis. The data were collected through document studies, interviews, and focus group discussions (FGD). MULTIPOL analysis integrates a participatory approach into multi-criteria principles, and therefore, the MULTIPOL framework is based on the information obtained from stakeholders through FGD. In this study, the interviewees were chosen through purposive sampling by involving 15 experts consisting of 3 community leaders, 7 local government officials, and 5 managers of tourist attractions. The results showed that the tourism village development action scored the highest for the conservation-based tourism policy, regional potential-based tourism policy, infrastructure development and accessibility policy, and community-based tourism management policy. Meanwhile, the highest-scoring policies in relation to the established integrated development scenarios, are the regional potential-based tourism policy, the community-based tourism management policy, and the conservation-based tourism policy.
Highlights
Tourism development requires spatial system to accommodate its tourism activities
The results showed that the tourism village development action scored the highest for the conservation-based tourism policy, regional potential-based tourism policy, infrastructure development and accessibility policy, and community-based tourism management policy
Through the focus group discussions (FGD), evaluation criteria were formulated based on the established spatial planning objectives that had been outlined in the Regional Spatial Plan of Karangasem Regency for the period of 2012-2032
Summary
Tourism development requires spatial system to accommodate its tourism activities. Tourism development and spatial system are closely related to policies that create a synergy in the relationship between the two (Ruhanen, 2004). Tourism development in an area must refer to the Regional Spatial Plan in the area concerned as mandated in Law No 26 of 2007 on Spatial Planning (Republik Indonesia, 2007). The Republic of Indonesia’s Government Regulation Number 50 of 2011 on the National Tourism Development Master Plan for 2010-2025 has determined Bali-Nusa Lembongan and its surroundings as a National Tourism Destination with 11 areas as National Tourism Strategic Areas (Republik Indonesia, 2011). Bali Island is almost evenly divided by the development of tourism areas in the form of Tourism Strategic Areas and Special Tourist Attraction Areas. Development of tourism areas has become a policy in tourism spatial planning as outlined in the Regional Regulation of Bali Province Number 16 of 2009 on Spatial Planning of Bali Province in the period of 2009-2029 (Provinsi Bali, 2009)
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