Design of Community-based Ecotourism at Cengkehan and Giriloyo, Wukirsari Village, Imogiri District, Bantul Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta

Abstract

: Ecotourism at study area is a tourism concept that presents unspoiled tourism and preserves to improving its sustainability. This ecotourism was defined by the local people contribution to the conservation of the land by mass movements potential in study area. People live in Cengkehan and Giriloyo are very concerned to the environmental preservation around them. The aim of this paper is to obtain the conservation in developing Community-Based Ecotourism (CBE) enterprises, supported by the partnerships of communities with the government, non-government and the private sectors. This study attempts to evaluate those partners most able to support various initiatives. The Giriloyo-Cengkehan CBE purposes to create a local ecotourism and its influence to the CBE marketing development. The study exposed that the nature of Cengkehan-Giriloyo’s CBE has positive correlations between the community capacity carrying and the role of the developing CBS, includes its management and sustainability. The high expectation for the Giriloyo-Cengkehan CBE can perceive much more positive impacts than the negative impacts into the environmental, economic, and socio-cultural as a result of the ecotourism. They can manage all of activities and attraction they offer, and provide lodgistic, ccomodation and amenities supported by the goverment policy as well as accessibilities and other facilities within the destination area.