Jurnal Ilmiah Administrasi Publik
Vol. 4 No. 3 (2018): Jurnal Ilmiah Administrasi Publik (JIAP)

Effectiveness of Local People's Perception on Ecotourism Participation in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Indonesia

Purwanti, Rini (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Dec 2018

Abstract

Support of local people is important things regarding successful ecotourism management. Ranu Pani is located in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (BTSNP), Indonesia. This study aims was to examine how residents’ views and the relationship between perception, attitude, communication and participation on ecotourism. A questionnaire survey was conducted to get the data. For analyzing data, it used regression analysis through SPSS. The results showed that there was a relationship between positive perception, communication and participation. Most of respondents agreed ecotourism would like to improve attractiveness of the community, and raise incomes. Regarding communication, residents would like to give information and feel happy when visitors asking them about their nature and culture. Regarding attitude, most of respondents supported with national park management. However, they were only 58.7% satisfied with development of national park. Therefore, the authority should improve their capacity to provide more employment opportunities and to escalate residents-national park relationship.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jiap

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Environmental Science Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Ilmiah Administrasi Publik with ISSN 2302-2698 and online ISSN 2503-2887. JIAP is published three times a year (period 1 : April to July, period 2: August to November, period 3: December to March). This journal contains scientific articles on public administration science written in two ...