ANALISIS HUBUNGAN PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT DENGAN STRUKTUR TATA RUANG EKOWISATA DI RIAM BAJANDIK DAN PULAU MAS KABUPATEN HULU SUNGAI TENGAH

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the spatial structure of the Bajandik Riam and pulau mas towards the villagers' participation in the development of ecotourism. This research was conducted in the baru village of Batu Benawa District, Hulu Sungai Tengah Regency, South Kalimantan, and done for 3 months. Produce in the form of primary data analysis material obtained from interviews and observations using the Purposive Sampling method and secondary data namely additional data that support research derived from literature or data from local institutions in this research that is village population data. Data analysis can be divided into 2 aspects that are, descriptive analysis of primary and secondary data, and geolocation analysis based on geographic information systems (GIS) using the ArcGIS application. The descriptive analysis resulted in 30.49% of the villagers not involved, and 15.85% of the villagers were involved, and sometimes involved 4.88% and the rest is not involved but would join in the development of ecotourism. And from the villager's suggestion 10.98% think of development for maximum utilization for the villagers', 23.17% think about environmental cleanliness and 54.88% want this location to be known by many people. while from analysis based on geographic information systems, can be concluded the existence of this ecotourism improve the local economy, then what needs to be paid attention to is the improvement of spatial planning both in terms of facilitation, and the need for an organizational structure of tourism managers by directly involving the villagers.

Keywords: Participation; Ecotourism; Spatial