The Prospect of Ecoturism Development Post-Tsunami at The Grand Forest Park Pocut Meurah Intan in Province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam

Abstract

after tsunami faces some problems like illegal logging, opening the agricultural area and the use of the land by citizen to become living area. One of the effect to preserve TPMI area is by conducting tourism development through ecotourism concept. Method of area survey is used; it refers to standard criteria of assessing the object and the interest of natural tourism. This research uses the potential of tourism supply and the potential of tourism demand including the strategic plan of tourism development through ecotourism concept. The result of this research shows that the potential of tourism resources of flora, fauna and natural sign in this area is very potential to be one alternative of tourism objects after Tsunami. At present, TPMI becomes a sought after area for local tourists.The potential of tourism demand in TPMI after tsunami is very significant compared to pre-disaster and this is one opportunity for developing TPMI in the future. The result of SWOT analisys on the strategic position of tourism the tourism development located at first quadran (1,734 ; 1,304), it means in the future TPMI development from internal factors has the strength and from external factors has the oportunity. Likewise with the potencial of tourism demand, the average of willingness of tourism is Rp. 2.591,74,-