Open AccessDevelopment of organic agro tourism for optimizing agricultural resources in Ngawi, East Java, Indonesia
Author(s) -
Bambang Pujiasmanto,
Istijabatul Aliyah,
Nur Miladan,
Margana Margana
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/637/1/012061
Subject(s) - tourism , agriculture , business , java , sustainable development , environmental planning , ecotourism , natural resource , environmental resource management , geography , political science , economics , computer science , archaeology , law , programming language
Ngawi Regency, part of East Java province in Indonesia, has started to initiate the development of organic tourism based on the organic agriculture potential. This study aimed to explore agricultural resources and land suitability that can be developed as community-based organic tourism attractions and identification of supporting factors and inhibiting factors the development of community-based organic tourism attractions. There were several stages in this study consisting of study field observations, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussion to collect information. In this study data were analyzed by spatial analysis techniques to explore the agricultural resources and land suitability. As the result, we found the needs and roles of community in developing agro-tourism areas. The development of agrotourism areas requires community participation in various sectors. Economic point of view plays an important role in management of agro-tourism areas, as without economic benefits there is no motivation to contribute to community and businesses of agro-tourism. Since the agro-tourism has effects to environment, both natural and cultural, therefore taking advantage of agricultural resources need to be carefully considered in developing a community-based organic tourism attractions. In addition, the environmental elements must be preserved for sustainable benefit and function.