THE POTENTIAL OF SPECIAL INTEREST ECO-TOURISM BASED ON LOCAL WISDOM OF COMMUNITY CULTURE Putu Komala Rita
Warmadewa University
Abstract
The aims of this study were to analyze (1) the potential for special interest ecotourism based on local wisdom in Mount Rinjani, NTB- and (2) implementation of special interest ecotourism on Mount Rinjani, NTB. The method used is a type of normative legal research. The results showed (1) The potential for special interest ecotourism based on local wisdom in Mount Rinjani NTB after Mount Rinjani by the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government was designated as Rinjani Geopark as well as a tourist destination with the concept of community based ecotourism (community based tourism). With this concept, tourism activities will involve community participation and can provide economic benefits for the community- and (2) The implementation of special interest ecotourism based on local wisdom on Mount Rinjani NTB does not involve indigenous peoples. Thousands of foreign tourists and domestic tourists come and go to stay at hotels, villas and inns around Mount Rinjani but socially and economically do not provide benefits to the indigenous people of Mount Rinjani.
Keywords: Potential, Ecotourism, Local Culture, Culture-Based, Community.
