Tourism governance in komodo national park, Indonesia: Blessing or curse?

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Abdul Kodir, Ardyanto Tanjung, Sumarmi, Risdawati Ahmad, Theo Benardo Simanjuntak

2019 Geojournal of Tourism and Geosites Vol. 27 Issue 4 Article Cited by 21 SDG 15SDG 16SDG 8 Quartile

Abstract

This study aims to explain the management of tourism in the Komodo National Park (KNP). Besides, this study portrays the impact of tourism management on the socio-economic life of people living nearby the KNP. This study employed qualitative research methods. The data were obtained from interviews with community leaders, naturalist guides, village heads, tourism managers, fishers, and tourism management communities in the region. Two villages in the KNP were chosen as the data collection sites. The results of this study indicate that the management of tourism in the Komodo National Park area is dominated by the KNP Officer, while the local people exclusively positioned as natularist guide. Besides, this study shows that the existence of tourism in the national park only impacts on people living in the Komodo island region which exclude people living in the island of Rinca from welfare and prosperity. © 2019 Editura Universitatii din Oradea. All rights reserved.

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University Negeri Malang, Faculty of Social Science, Sociology Department, Bd I1 Jalan Semarang No 5, Malang, Indonesia; University Negeri Malang, Faculty of Social Science, Geography Department, Bd I1 Jalan Semarang No 5, Malang, Indonesia

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