ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL AND SUITABILITY TOURISM AREAS AS A DIRECTION FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN WANA WISATA CURUG CIPENDOK BANYUMAS REGENCY 2018

Abstract

The research was aimed (1) to know tourism potential in Wana Wisata Curug Cipendok, (2) to know carrying capacity of  the protection function in Wana Wisata Curug Cipendok, (3) to know the suitability of tourism areas in Wana Wisata Curug Cipendok, (4) to find out the direction of tourism development in Wana Wisata Curug Cipendok Banyumas Regency 2018”

This research is a qualitative descriptive study with a field survey method. There are two types of population in this study, namely (1) the respondent population consisting stakeholder, traders, innkeepers and visitors and (2) population of the tourism area, namely Wana Wisata Curug Cipendok. While the research samples also contained two types, namely (1) sample of  respondents and (2) sample of suitability of tourism area. Two sampling techniques that used are : (1) purposive sampling aims for stakeholders, traders,and innkeepers and (2) accidental sampling for tourist visitors. The data collection technique using observation, interviews and document analysis.

The results of this study were (1) Potential in Wana Wisata Curug Cipendok is an enough potential classification (2) Results of carrying capacity of the protection function is in good condition. (3) Results suitability in the area of the waterfall is 67% in class S2 (quite suitable), the results of suitability  in the park area amounted to 82.49% in class S1 (highly suitable), and the results of suitability in the area of the lake is at 80% in class S1 (highly suitable). (4) For the direction of development of Wana Wisata Curug Cipendok is to look at weaknesses that become an obstacle and optimize the strength of the research results.