Sustainable tourism: potential of natural tourism in Bogor Botanic Garden

Abstract

Developing tourism potential in a Botanic Garden is certainly inseparable from sustainable principles that support the principles of conservation and environmental protection. The importance of this research is carried out to be able to evaluate activities, attractiveness and supporting elements of tourism in order to survive and be sustainable. Evaluate using analytical tools to assess the potential of natural tourism in the Bogor Botanic Garden and further associated with the sustainability typology. The research involved three experts (academia, government, industry). This research was conducted by field observation method with the support of secondary data. There are 15 main assessment criteria that have several elements and sub-elements as supporting factors for the success of each criterion. The lowest value is found in environmental factors, namely in the criteria of area carrying capacity which is closely related to the type of activity. The highest criterion value is found in economic and social factors. economic factors in marketing, social factors of conditions around the area such as livelihood, education. The carrying capacity that gets the least attention. Although it is currently low, in the future it needs to get greater attention if the concept of sustainability will be applied in Botanic Garden tourism.