Studi Daya Dukung Ekowisata Air Terjun Wiyono Di Taman Hutan Raya Wan Abdul Rachman Provinsi Lampung

Abstract

Wan Abdul Rachman (WAR) Great Forest Park is a conservation area in Lampung Province. It has good natural biological and non biological and also can be developed for ecotourism activity. One of objects in WAR Great Forest Park can be used as ecotourism is WiyonoWaterfall. During this time, the waterfall area used for picnic and camping activity. As one of areas with potential to develop ecotourism, it is necessary to study about the carrying capacity area to know ability in receiving tourists while maintaining environment quality in Wiyono Waterfall ecotourism area. This research was conducted in Desember 2015 to determine carrying capacity, flora and fauna potential as well as tourists and local communities perception. The method was based on the Cifuentes (1992) formula consists of physical carrying capacity, ecological carrying capacity, and real carrying capacity. The physical carrying capacity was implemented to obtain the tourists saticfaction. The ecological carrying capacity was implemented to maintain the ecosystem balance. The real carrying capacity was implemented to maintain the comfort and safety of tourists. The data was collected by field survey, questionnaires, and interviews method. The result showed that the physical carrying capacity by 759 people/day for picnic and 122 people/day for camping, ecological carrying capacity by 248 people/day for picnic and 165 people/day for camping ,and real carrying capacity by 51 people/day for picnic and 9 people/day for camping. Thebiodiversity flora was included good category with 28 species and fauna was very good category with 23 species. The tourists and communities perception supported fully the development of ecotourism.

Keywords: carrying capacity, ecotourism, Wiyono Waterfall