Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, volume 15 1st Global Conference on Business, Management and Entreupreuneurship (GCBME-16 ) Geotourism Resources as Part of Sustainable Development in Geopark Indonesia Ayu Krishna Yuliawati Krishna Nur Pribadi Mohamad Sapari Dwi Hadian Management Study Program Institute Teknologi dan Sains Environmental Geology Faculty of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Bandung Bekasi, Indonesia Geology Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung, Indonesia Jatinangor, Indonesia [email protected] Abstract— Indonesia is known as rich in natural resources The development of the areas where geosites lay, not all due to its location in the ring of fire and meeting of three practice the sustainable development approach in the field. continental plates. There are two international geopark recognized by Global Geopark Network UNESCO, which are Sustainability has been defined as the consumption of Batur Global Geopark dan Sewu Global Geopark. The geopark goods and services that meet basic needs and quality of life contains Indonesia's geotourism resources explored in this study without jeopardizing the needs of future generations[1]. Based through the perception of management. Competition for on UNWTO [2] data, in 1950 the number of visits counted as geotourism destination to attract tourists is high, since other many as 25 million people, in 1980 reached 278 million neighboring countries also have offered geotourism. The people, then in 1995 increased to 528 million people, and in objective of this study is to explore the geotourism resources in 2014 increased again to 1.138 million people. So it can be said geopark, and how it is linked to sustainable development. that the tourism industry is one of the economic sectors with Research utilize qualitative method, collecting secondary data the largest and fastest growing in the world. The rising number and primary data through interview guided with semi-structured of tourist in geosites could jeopardize the sustainability of the questionnaires with two geopark management organization area. about 10 geopark personnel and 100 tourists. The results found that respondents have perceived geotourism resources in the The geosites are located in the geopark, defined as a geopark to be rich and diversified, but lack in conservation, territory with a particular geological heritage of international interpretation, resources management and needs further appeal, which is developed. One of the destinations visited by development based on the sustainability principle. many tourists is a geotourism destination. It is tourism based Recommendation is suggested to the stakeholder such as geopark on the earth's natural objects such as mountains, rivers, management, government, community, and academics for more valleys, beaches, waterfall, lakes, rocks and so on. Indonesia coordination and collaboration to ensure geotourism resources has a lot of potential. Geotourism located at geopark scattered play a role in sustainable development. throughout the region, but has not been developed. Until now, Indonesia has only one global geopark region namely Batur Keywords— Geotourism resources, sustainable development, Global Geopark. Indonesia is still less competitive than China geopark in 2012 already has about 140 national geopark and 28 of them including the UNESCO global geopark network [3]. I. INTRODUCTION China have linked its geopark netwrok with scholarly research Indonesia is a country rich with natural and cultural on this filed, while in indonesia there has only been few resources, which have the potential to be developed further the research conducted in the Indonesian geopark. Research in this tourism sector. Located in the ring of fire, Indonesia has field is one of the prequisite for applying the status on unique geological features, these geological areas that international geopark. contained geodiversity and biodiversity. The geological area is There have been a limited amount of study in geotourism one of the important heritage, it contains the history of compared to other types of tourism because it is a new mankind in the area. Geology is important as part of the concept. Studies done by Burne and Chapple [4], and Hose natural systems. Understanding of climate, landforms and [5] shows the negative effect of tourism on geosites due to biodiversity depends on geological studies. Even human mass tourism. habitation and cultural heritage depend on geology. The concept of geoconservation and preservation of geological Several research conducted by Li [6] , Teh and Cabanban heritage has appeared only recently (Wilson 1994; Sharples [7] dan Jacob [8] have taken into consideration the indicators 1997; Osborne 2000,Brilhá 2002) Many efforts have been for sustainable tourism development in tourism destinations in made for the protection of biodiversity, yet initiatives towards order to consistently apply the sustainable development the conservation of geodiversity are often neglected. There are principle. Geotourism approach can be adopted where the 3 world heritages and 50 national parks in Indonesia that main elements are: sustainability, conservation, benefiting the existed on geological bases and have geological meanings. community and appreciation of the cultural and geoheritage value through education and interpretation [9]. Copyright © 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. 962 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, volume 15 Geopark is integrated with geological heritage area that characteristic uniqueness of Ciletuh, Sukabumi area and its’ used to promote the development of local communities in a implications [16], and on the Geology of Ciletuh Geopark sustainable manner. Low environment sustainability to be one [17]. of the factors that cause travelers less inclined to come back to geo destinations in Indonesia. There are seven geoparks in Indonesia, two with International recognition: Batur Global III. METHODOLOGY Geopark and Sewu Global Geopark . This research objective Geotourism is an emerging geoscience with clear and deep is to explore the geotourism resources in geoparks, and how it social interrelation, which must be grounded in knowledge and is linked to sustainable development. methods developed in different sciences, thus approaching the social sciences of the natural sciences. Such holistic vision II. LITERATURE REVIEW must be taken into account not only in its scope, but also in its Geotourism is considered a feasible tactic to stimulate methods, including in multi discipline research procedures. economic activities and sustainable development in geoparks, Data collection is done to collect resources in research either Although the launching of geoparks and geotourism is still in in the form of secondary data and primary. Secondary data the early stages [10]. A geopark must meet the following were obtained through geopark reports, borchures and requirements, such as: must have at least one national and literature review. While primary data obtained through semi- international geodiversity geoheritage, be developed by structured interviews and observation on the object under conservation-based management and educational activities study. Interviews were conducted with geopark management based on sustainable development for the welfare of society. ins two International Geopark management consisted of a Geotourism have benefit for the local community supporting geological agency program manager, community conservation principles related to natural resources, culture, representatives, and academics who have knowledge on heritage and traditions. Geotourism benefits the local management and geology. Out of the population for 7 community and not only celebrates sense of place, but also geoparks, only 2 international geoparks in Indonesia that supports principles of conservation related to natural become the sampling unit. About 10 personnel from the resources, culture, heritage and traditions [11]. Geopark as a management of two geoparks were interviewd and geotourism destination is closely linked to sustainable questionairre to 100 tourists were given. The study utilize non- development. The strategy for regional sustainable economic probability purposive sampling technique for the sample selection and cultural development is to integrate the preservation of and is based on calculated personal judgments, and researchers utilize their own perceptions and knowledge to determine the geological heritage [12]. In line with this, a study described sample size.Within the sample design, purposive sampling the important role of a geopark in development of geotourism technique was used to collect the primary data from the and local economy in rural areas [13]. Geotourism in geopark respondents [18]. create innovative local enterprises and generate new source of income. Geopark also play a role in reviving the local culture In conducting the data analysis used qualitative content [12]. analysis method and descriptive analysis. This analysis is used as a method in the study due to consider the shape of the data An important contribution to the local economy instantiated and information collected in the form of interviews, survey by the presence of the museum is the increasing number of and official documents that require techniques to understand scientific congresses and meetings organized in the Museum c and interpret the data.