Geoproduct Development as Part of Geotourism at Geopark Belitong

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10.2991/icebef-18.2019.27How to use a DOI?

Keywords

geoproduct; geopark; geotourism; Belitong

Abstract

Geopark in Indonesia has SMEs which are engaged in geoproduct development. Geoproduct are products and services created by the community living in the surrounding geopark areas. Geopark has become a targeted destination for geotourism in Belitong, Indonesia. These geopark have unique geoproduct development. The objectives of this research is to map geoproducts in the geopark and the role geoproducts play in geotourism. The research method used is qualitative and descriptive using primary and secondary data. The SMEs in Belitong are located around the geopark’s buffer zone. The result of this study shows that geoproduct varied in terms of the nature of the product, and quality. Most of the products are culinary and handicraft product using local grown ingredients and indigenous knowledge. The proposed strategy for developing a variety of geoproducts is a global value chain strategy that helps producers compete in marketing their product at geotourism site.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ayu Krishna Yuliawati
AU  - Rofi Rofaida
AU  - Budhi Pamungkas Gautama
AU  - Mohamad Sapari Dwi Hadian
PY  - 2019/05
DA  - 2019/05
TI  - Geoproduct Development as Part of Geotourism at  Geopark Belitong
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Economics, Business, Entrepreneurship, and Finance (ICEBEF 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 110
EP  - 112
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icebef-18.2019.27
DO  - 10.2991/icebef-18.2019.27
ID  - Yuliawati2019/05
ER  -