Nasikh
The development ofecotourism in Banyuwangi regency is able to economically contribute to the local citizen and the local government of Banyuwangi regency. It does not give any bad impact to the local culture and is able to preserve the environment, too. The economic benefit can be obtained by the local citizen of Banyuwangi by their involvement in developing the tourism potential. This study aims at identifying the ecotourism development as an attempt to improve the competitiveness in the economic globalization era in Banyuwangi regency. The research method that is employed in this study is descriptive, so the analysis explains data and information obtained from various data sources. The research finding shows that the ecotourism development in Banyuwangi regency has reached high competitiveness in the economic globalization era. This is reflected from the achievement of the tourism competitiveness indicators in Banyuwangi regency. Moreover, the ecotourism development in Banyuwangi regency is able to increase the per capita income and contribute to the Gross Regional Domestic Product. © Serials Publications.
Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Malang, East-Java, Indonesia
