Nature-Based Recreational Activity And Facility Development For Ecotourism And Facility Development For Ecotourism Of Taman Wisata Alam Grojogan Sewu, Tawang Mangu, Indonesia

The landscape potency and visitor interest enthusiasm have enhanced the trend of visit to Taman Wisata Alam Grojogan Sewu (TWAGS). The waterfalls and natural site of TWAGS are as main attractions, however planning of nature-based recreational activity and facilities for ecotourism development has been thought and analyzed. The project objectives were to improve advantage of the recreational site through development activity program and facilities in quality and quantity based on landscape characteristics and visitor data. Approaching the recreation method, analysis of site potencies and problems developed by Gold (1980), the method was based on analysis technique on various maps of site characteristics. Maps of slope, land use, vegetation, potencies of landscape view, activity trails, activity intensity, and existing facilities were analyzed and synthesized to develop ecotourism of TWAGS. The concept of Nature Park TWAGS lead to enhance the advantage of whole site potencial of the landscapes by spreading activity on the site in programs of nature-based recreational activities, to plan quantitative and qualitative the nature-based recreational facilities in TWAGS. The programs upgraded to natural recreation of educational and conservation aims for visitors in various ages, disable (difable) people and all economical segments of visitor. Than, nature-based recreational activity and facilities were developed to meet the needs of nature park and the concept of integrated ecotourism activity plan