Sustainable Coastal Tourism in Tanjung Kelayang, Indonesia

Abstract

Special economic zone established in Tanjung Kelayang aims at the development of coastal tourism. We conducted a survey to assess how sustainably this development is managed. We distributed 150 semi-structured questionnaires and asked the stakeholders (tourists, local residents, administrators, employees, etc.) to rate three main components of management: (1) the effectiveness of the policy of coastal tourism management planning, (2) the increase in socio-economic activity and (3) minimizing environmental impact. We also asked the respondents to assess the existing as well as the expected management. The respondents gave highest ratings to socio-economic activity followed by planning policy, whilst minimizing environmental impacts received least rating; this ranking was maintained both for the existing and expected management. Our results suggest that more efforts should be given to minimizing environmental efforts to ensure sustainable development of coastal tourism in Tanjung Kelayang.