Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences (Apr 2024)
STUDY OF AGROTOURISM POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN DRYLAND AREAS OF SATONDA LAKE ISLAND, DOMPU REGENCY, INDONESIA
Abstract
This research aims to analyze information regarding the suitability of agrotourism development and the potential for agrotourism development in the surrounding dry land area of Lake Satonda Island, Dompu Regency, conducted in 2023 with the research location determined through purposive sampling, namely in the Pekat District as part of the dry land of Lake Satonda Island, the location for agrotourism development. The respondents used were 115 farmers selected from 4 out of 12 villages/sub-districts determined purposively, and each farmer was allocated for an interview to obtain information related to dry land farming. Then, data were collected through interviews, recording, and direct observation with previously prepared questionnaires and in-depth interviews to analyze the potential for agrotourism development. To determine its potential, it is known to have various total values both in Natural Open Space Agrotourism (ARTA) and Artificial Open Space Agrotourism (ARTB). In terms of attraction, ARTA showed 45 farmers, or 39.13% with a mode of 14 categorized as not good, while ARTB showed 29 farmers, or 25.21% with a mode of 14 categorized as not good. Furthermore, in terms of facilities, ARTA showed 78 farmers, or 67.82% with a mode of 10 categorized as not good, while ARTB showed 35 farmers, or 30.43% with a mode of 11 categorized as not good. Additionally, in terms of infrastructure, ARTA showed 21 farmers, or 18.26% with a mode of 16 categorized as good, while ARTB showed 44 farmers, or 38.26% with a mode of 8 categorized as not good. Lastly, in terms of hospitality, ARTA showed 68 farmers, or 28.69% with a mode of 14 categorized as not very good, while ARTB showed 30 farmers, or 26.08% with a mode of 9 categorized as not very good. This resulted in the potential for agrotourism development based on the suitability of agrotourism development with a value of 30 points out of a total of 40 points, with a weight percentage of 73.5% out of 100%, and the obtained TSI value was 64.29. Then, the significance value p-value obtained was 11.985a, and the chi-square value obtained was 1.000. Since the significance value is 1.000 > 0.05, the null hypothesis is rejected (H1 is accepted), which means that there is a significant relationship between the artificial open space agrotourism to be developed and the suitability of agrotourism development at the research location in Dompu Regency.
