The role of mangrove ecotourism towards the environmental sustainability in Bangka Regency

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 599; no. 1; pp. 12078 - 12081
• Main Authors: Hayati, L, Bahtera, N I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Aquaculture; Brackish water; Data collection; Economic development; Economic growth; Ecotourism; Environmental education; Exploitation; Mangrove swamps; Natural resources; Qualitative analysis; Resource exploitation; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Tin; Tourism; Tourist attractions
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/599/1/012078

The exploitation of natural resources becomes an undeniable reality to fulfil the need and to improve economic growth. Excessive exploitation has threatened environmental sustainability. Creating ecotourism related to sustainability, education, economy and participative movement of society becomes solution to tackle the issue. The study aims to analyse the role of mangrove ecotourism towards environmental sustainability. Qualitative descriptive with interactive analyses was used as the method of the study. Observation and in-depth interviews were employed as the data collection technique. The study discovered that ecotourism mangrove played a vital role in ensuring environmental sustainability. It showed that tourism awareness groups built the tourist attraction by utilizing the 40 ha of mangrove forest. It implied that the livelihoods of society had altered from tin mining into the brackish water aquaculture. This had decreased the number of natural resource exploitation of tin mining