Pengembangan Kawasan Wisata Bahari Kecamatan Watulimo; Kabupaten Trenggalek

Kecamatan Watulimo, Kabupaten Trenggalek merupakan salah satu wilayah di Provinsi Jawa Timur yang memiliki potensi wisata bahari yang cukup besar, akan tetapi keberadaan daya tarik tersebut belum terkelola dengan baik. Permasalahan yang ada dikarenakan potensi-potensi yang terdapat di Kecamatan Watulimo belum terintegrasi dan tereksplorasi. Hal ini juga dikarenakan kurangnya aksesibilitas dan ketersediaan fasilitas pelayanan wisata yang kurang memadai. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk merumuskan arahan pengembangan kawasan wisata bahari Kecamatan Watulimo, Kabupaten Trenggalek dengan menggunakan pendekatan rasionalistik. Terdapat empat tahapan dalam penelitian, yang meliputi: mengidentifikasi potensi ODTW di Kecamatan Watulimo dengan menggunakan analisa deskriptif kualitatif, menganalisa karakteristik ODTW bahari di kawasan wisata Watulimo dengan menggunakan analisa deksriptif kualitatif, menganalisis faktor yang mempengaruhi pengembangan kawasan wisata bahari Kecamatan Watulimo dengan menggunakan teknik analisa deskriptif dan analisa Delphi. Yang terakhir adalah perumusan arahan pengembangan kawasan wisata bahari Kecamatan Watulimo dengan menggunakan pendekatan Triangulasi. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, pengembangan kawasan wisata bahari Watulimo terdiri dari 4 ODTW dengan arahan pengembangan kawasan, yang meliputi: penambahan atraksi wisata bahari di setiap objek yang kurang berkembang, penambahan luas kawasan pada objek wisata pantai Karanggongso yaitu ke arah timur, integrasi antar atraksi wisata bahari, pembangunan jalur wisata melalui serangkaian objekobjek wisata bahari, serta peningkatan sarana prasarana pendukung kegiatan wisata. =============================================================================== Watulimo District, Trenggalek Regency is one of areas in East Java which has sufficiently large potential of marine tourism, but the existence of its appeal has not been managed well. The existing problems appeared because of unexplored\ud potentials in Watulimo district which have not been integrated yet. It is also due to the lack of accessibility and inadequate availability of care facilities travel. This study aimed to formulate the directives of development of marine tourism in Watulimo district, Trenggalek, by applying rationalistic approach. There were four stages to this study, as follows: identifying the potential of object and tourism attractions in Watulimo district by using descriptive qualitative analysis, analyzing the characteristics of marine object and tourism attractions in Watulimo tourism resort by using qualitative descriptive analysis, analyzing factors that influence the development of marine tourism in Watulimo district by using descriptive analysis and Delphi analysis technique. The last was formulating the directives in order to develop the marine tourism in Watulimo district by using triangulation approach. Based on the result of the research, the development of Watulimo marine tourism consisted of 4 object and tourism attraction by several directives of development of the area, including: the addition of marine tourism attraction in every less developing object, enlargement of Karanggongso coastal tourism object to the eastward, integration among marine tourism attractions, building track travel through a series of marine tourism objects, as well as improving the infrastructure supporting tourism activity