The Study of Mangrove Ecotourism at Sei Nagalawan Village, Perbaungan Sub-district, Serdang Bedagai Regency, North Sumatera Province
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.220302.026How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- ecotourism; mangrove forest; economic, ecological, and social benefits
- Abstract
The objective of the research is to analyze the mangrove ecotourism at Sei Nagalawan Village, Perbaungan Sub-district, Serdang Bedagai Regency. The research employs qualitative approach. The data are collected by conducting in-depth interviews with informants, especially with the owner and the tourists of Sei Nagalawan mangrove ecotourism, and observations on the condition of the mangrove ecotourism. The result of the research shows that Sei Nagalawan mangrove ecotourism has provided ecological, economic, and social benefits for the manager of mangrove ecotourism and the people at the village. The economic benefit is concerned with the increase in income through wages so that they could join Savings and Loan cooperative. They are also able to sell food made of mangrove such as keripik (chips), dodol (a confection made of glutinous rice with coconut milk and palm sugar), and tea in the food stalls. They are also allowed to rent their boat to the tourists. The ecological benefit is concerned with fishery and guarded off sea abrasion. The social benefit is concerned with capacity to manage mangrove forest, coastal tourism, provision of trainings for the local people about mangrove ecotourism management, helping lecturers, students, and researchers in doing researches, an increase in solidarity among members of Muara Baimbai cooperative, becoming known by many people, and having network with institutions and related people in mangrove and coastal area.
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TY - CONF AU - R. Hamdani Harahap AU - Yeni Absah PY - 2022 DA - 2022/03/24 TI - The Study of Mangrove Ecotourism at Sei Nagalawan Village, Perbaungan Sub-district, Serdang Bedagai Regency, North Sumatera Province BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Science, Political Science, and Humanities (ICoSPOLHUM 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 179 EP - 187 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220302.026 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220302.026 ID - Harahap2022 ER -