Hazard And Risk Management On Surfing Tourism At Krui, West Lampung

Abstract

Krui is a coastal town in West Lampung that is highly potential for surfing activities. As an outdoor activities surfing is vulnerable to many hazard and risks, especially those cause by the dynamics oceanography condition. For this reason, a study is carry out to formulate management plan for reducing tourism hazard and risk at Krui. The aims of this research were to identify hazard, to analyze risk and to establish hazard and risk reduction management on surfing activity at Krui, West Lampung; by using the risk assessment method. The results showed that of all the physical and biological factors; rip current, shore-forming material, wave, sunray and sea animal are the major hazards in Krui. Based on the risk evaluation matrix, the management plan that should be consider is avoiding risk of rip currents, reducing risk of sunbite and accept tolerable risk of wave, shore-forming material and sea urchin thorn.