Tourism Potential for Recreational Sports

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the development of recreational sports through tourism potential in the district of Gunungkidul which is focused on the tourism object of pindul cave. So far, the potential of tourism in Pindul Cave cave has not been utilized for the aspect of recreational sports, of course this will be the tourist attraction when the development of recreational sports in participate in the tourism area management. This research is a qualitative research using the methods of analysis (1) Strenghts, (2) Weakness, (3) Oppotunities, and (4) Threats (SWOT) with the initial step of observation followed by interview and documentation. All subjects became respondents for data with interview and documentation techniques. The results of this research will be a guide for managers of tourism objects and tourism agencies to develop recreational sports that can be developed so that tourists can vacation at the same time doing physical activities of recreational sports. from the results of research obsercation, interviewing and analyzing the documentation, the strategy to develop the vacation sports can be done by the manager and the tourism office to build facilities and infrastructure in the land that is still empty, empowering the surrounding community and carry out evaluation in improving tour packages and sports games facilities Keywords-potential of tourism, sports recreation I.