International Journal of Marine Science, 2018, Vol.8, No.6, 48-58 http://ijms.biopublisher.ca Research Article Open Access Discerning Coastal Ecotourism in Bira Island Hengky S.H. Universitas Bina Darma Kent Polytechnic, Indonesia Corresponding author email:
[email protected] International Journal of Marine Science, 2018, Vol.8, No.6 doi: 10.5376/ijms.2018.08.0006 Received: 29 Dec., 2017 Accepted: 17 Jan., 2018 Published: 26 Jan., 2018 Copyright © 2018 Hengky, This is an open access article published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Preferred citation for this article: Hengky S.H., 2018, Discerning coastal ecotourism in Bira Island, International Journal of Marine Science, 8(6): 48-58 (doi: 10.5376/ijms.2018.08.0006) Abstract The Ministry of Tourism has created a 10-priority destination program in Indonesia. Pulau Seribu is one of the 10 destinations. Meanwhile, Bira Island is located in the Thousand Islands. To improve the performance of the Island, it is also necessary to increase the island of Bira. This mixed mode research, conducted for a year on the island of Bira to respond to the plans of the Ministry of Tourism. This study aims to discern Coastal Ecotourism in Bira Island, Indonesia. The results of data collection and tabulation show the existence of gap between the performances of the island at this time and expected. Ecotourism concept enhances CE performance on the island. In addition, the concept also creates jobs of women and anglers living along the coastline.