Abstract
Randayan Island and The Surrounding Water Small Island Park (TPK Pulau Randayan dan Perairan Sekitarnya) is one of the Coastal and Small Islands Protected Areas (MPA) in West Kalimantan which has the potential to be developed into a marine tourism destination, especially sustainable diving tourism. The area has resources with a high level of diversity such as coral reefs, coral fish, seagrass, and other potential aquatic biota. This study aims to identify potentials, conduct resource suitability analysis, calculate the carrying capacity of the area, the carrying capacity of utilization, and make a map of area utilization suitability for the development of sustainable diving tourism. This research uses quantitative methods with tourism suitability analysis based on Yulius, et al (2018) and carrying capacity analysis based on Yulianda (2019). The data source is secondary data obtained from previous research and from publications published by several related agencies. The results showed that the Tourism Suitability Index for diving tourism in the limited use zone of Randayan Island Small Island Park consisted of Station 1 (Pulau Kabung), Station 2 (Pulau Lemukutan), Station 3 (Pulau Penata Besar), and Station 4 (Pulau Randayan) are included in the Conditional Suitable category, with scores of 65%, 56%, 72%, 65%, respectively. The Area Carrying Capacity at each station are 596, 1,354, 1,028, 157 people per day, with the Utilization Carrying Capacity of 59, 135, 102, and 15 people per day.
Highlights
Maritime tourism contributes a significant amount of foreign exchange from the tourism sector considering the 10 National Tourism Strategic Areas (KSPN) that have been established, 7 of which are located in coastal areas and small islands
Small Island Park (TPK) Randayan Island is one of the conservation areas in West Kalimantan which has the potential to be developed into a marine tourism destination, especially sustainable diving tourism
Data was collected at 4 stations, namely Station 1 (Kabung Island), Station 2 (Lemukutan Island), Station 3 (Penata Besar Island), and Station 4 (Randayan Island)
Summary
Maritime tourism contributes a significant amount of foreign exchange from the tourism sector considering the 10 National Tourism Strategic Areas (KSPN) that have been established, 7 of which are located in coastal areas and small islands. As a driving force for regional economic improvement, tourism has important benefits, namely as a job creation, growing many small and medium scale economic opportunities and can increase efforts to protect and improve the environment [3]. For Indonesia, in addition to contributing to the country's foreign exchange, tourism is expected to improve international relations, community empowerment and equal employment and income opportunities. Tourism can create jobs and be a source of income for local residents and attract investors from outside the region [4]. The national development priority in the tourism sector, especially marine tourism, is intended to improve the welfare of coastal communities through increasing income
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