Analysis of Suitability and Carrying Capacity of Tourism in Tidung Island, Kepulauan Seribu of Indonesia

Abstract

Tidung Island has the potential for the development of marine tourism area. Since 2009, the number of tourists visiting the area has been increasing every year. Without proper management, however, this condition might harm the surrounding ecosystem. This study aims to determine the suitability and carrying capacity of coastal tourism area in Tidung Island, Kepulauan Seribu. This study used the analyses of coastal tourism suitability index and carrying capacity of coastal area. The results showed the suitability index of the research locations was 94.05% with the carrying capacity of 180 tourists per day for the first location; the second location was 89.28% with the carrying capacity of 300 tourists per day; and for the third location was 94.05% with the carrying capacity of 60 tourists per day. The three research sites are categorized into very suitable in terms of the suitability as tourism spots.

Mangrove diversity and suitability assessments for ecotourism in Cimalaya Wetan Coast, Karawang District, Indonesia

“…Recently, the TSI has received growing attention to assess the potential of marine ecotourism. Noviama et al (2018), Setyaningrum et al (2019), Wijaya et al (2018) have assessed the TSI for coral reef ecotourism, while Harahab and Setiawan (2017), Rahmila and Halim (2018), and Simanjuntak et al (2018) have assessed the potential of mangrove ecotourism. The differences of ecotourism assessment performed in Karawang compared to previous studies were this present study has provided a spatial distribution of the TSI in the form of TSI thematic maps.…”

Assessment of Tourism Suitability and Carrying Capacity of Selected Tourist Sites in Tinambac, Camarines Sur, The Philippines

“…Tourism Suitability Index (TSI) is computed as follows (Yulianda, 2006;Simanjuntak and Supriharyono, 2018):…”

“…If the tourist site is rated as appropriate, carrying capacity is calculated. The calculation is intended to reduce the impact of over-capacity in tourist sites (Simanjuntak and Supriharyono, 2018).…”

“…The results of the tourism suitability index for the 4 selected tourist sites (2 beaches and 2 mangroves) are shown in the following table. The tourism suitability index is a criterion of resources and required environmental conditions for the development of tourism (Simanjuntak and Supriharyono, 2018;Akla 2019). Based on the table, the tourism suitability index (TSI) for the coastal beach category is 'appropriate (A)' for both Agay-ayan (76.19%) and Caloco beach (80.95%).…”

“…Water depth is measured 3 meters or approximately 10 feet from the coastline to 200m distance towards the sea. Tourist activities usually are done not more than the 200 m distance (Simanjuntak and Supriharyono, 2018). The depth of the waters is an important aspect in determining coastal tourism areas specially for swimming activities.…”