TOURISM VERSUS MINING: CONTESTED SPACE IN TANJUNG PUTAT BEACH AND LEPAR BEACH, BELINYU DISTRICT, BANGKA REGENCY

Berlian Zarina,Ibrahim Ibrahim,Rendy Rendy,Rini Arcdha Saputri

doi:10.33019/berumpun.v4i2.68

Abstract

Tourism is one the sustainable income sectors that is predicted as a post-mining sector. Thus, the area of tourism activities, especially beaches are minimized to be damaged, including juxtaposing it with mining. The aim of the research is to ellaborate spatial contestation that occurred at Tanjung Putat Beach and Lepar Beach, Belinyu District, Bangka Regency. The theoretical basis used in this research is using the concept of spatial production from Henri Lefebvre which consists of 3 concepts related to the production of space, namely spatial practice, representational space, and spatial representation. The method of the research research is qualitative with a descriptive method. In collecting the data, in-depth interviews were used to the informants who were closely related to the research being studied. The spatial contestation has indeed occurred in Tanjung Putat Beach and Lepar Beach, Belinyu District, Bangka Regency. However, the impact of mining activities has an impact on tourism in the vicinity, this is reinforced by protests against these mining activities.

Highlights

Mining activities started in Bangka in 1711, in Singkep in 1812, and in Belitung in 1852
The research aims to elaborate on spatial contestation that occurred at Tanjung Putat Beach and Lepar Beach, Belinyu District, Bangka Regency
From the presentation that has been conveyed previously, there is a spatial contestation between tourism and mining that has taken place at Tanjung Putat Beach and Lepar Beach, especially Lepar Beach which is clear in the legal rules for the use of space as a tourism area

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Introduction

Mining activities started in Bangka in 1711, in Singkep in 1812, and in Belitung in 1852. Tin mining activities in Bangka Belitung and Singkep have been going on since the Dutch colonial era until now (Swastiwi et al, 2017). Tin is still the main source of income for the regional government of the Bangka Belitung Islands Province, but until 2014 the mining sector was no longer the main source of income for the Gross Regional Domestic. Product (GDP) of Bangka Belitung (Wardhani and Valeriani, 2016). The tourism sector in Bangka Belitung is well known for its beautiful sea, beaches and clusters of islands. In 2019, Bangka Belitung Provincial Government managed to reap GDP of Rp

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