Environmental quality and carrying capacity analysis of the mangrove ecotourism at Dodola Island, Morotai Island District

Sukarmin Idrus

Abstract

The Existence of mangrove in Dodola Island have been developed as for tourism, however that not fully used with ecotourism concept. The purpose of this research is to analyze the development of ecotourism in Dodola Island used the analysis of the environment quality, suitability, and supporting capacity. This research is expected can be a suggestion for the developing of mangrove tourism territory in Dodola, sub-district of South Morotai. This research was held form March to September 2020, and location is at Dodola Island, the sub-district of South Morotai. The data was collecting by used the descriptive quantitative method. This research started with early observation through explore survey and count the spread and wide from the satellite images (google earth), after that the collecting data in field directly to count the environment’s parameter, to identify the mangrove’s ecosystem, the suitability of carrying capacity of mangrove ecosystems in Dodola. The result from research that the environment quality of Dodola Island  is still qualified good for marine life and tourism from the temperature, salinity, pH, and DO, while for the suitability analysis, the result from three stations showed the development of ecotourism in Dodola Island is suited to be used as ecotourism territory. The result for carrying capacity of territory (DDK) mangroves ecotourism in Dodola Island is 70  visitors in a day. Base from the results that Dodola Island is suitable for utilizing to develop as ecotourism.

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Sukarmin Idrus
sukarmin.idrus@gmail.com (Primary Contact)
IdrusS. (2021) “Environmental quality and carrying capacity analysis of the mangrove ecotourism at Dodola Island, Morotai Island District”, Jurnal Pengelolaan Sumberdaya Alam dan Lingkungan (Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Management). Bogor, ID, 11(1). doi: 10.29244/jpsl.11.1.%p.

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