Suitability of ecotourism in Tunda Island Serang Regency Banten Province, Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract The highest tourism frequency at Tunda Island is provided a positive effect on community livelihood, but the activities of tourism behaviour are not environmentally friendly which would affect nature and also can make habitat degradation in the coastal area. There was no specific research until now regarding the condition of suitable marine tourism in Tunda Islands as ecotourism areas. This research aims to analyze the suitability aquatic area to plan an ecotourism area in Tunda Island, Serang Regency. The research method used a purposive sampling method and it was conducted in July to September 2019. The results obtained showed that the highest suitability index on coastal tourism potentials (recreation) was 76.2% (very suitable), mangrove tracking was 12.8% (unsuitable), snorkeling tourism was 54.4% (suitable), and dolphin watching was 57.6% (suitable). Tunda Island has developed potential tourism that is promising, but it still needs some infrastructure procurement and facility improvement to support tourism activities. The ecotourism potential has a high sell point but its poor data is in dolphin watching. It would be temporal data with at least one-year sampling by carrying out the sampling for every month.