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 ecotourismactivity. 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 oneof areas with potential to develop ecotourism, it is necessary to study about the carryingcapacity area to know ability in receiving tourists while maintaining environment quality inWiyono Waterfall ecotourism area. This research was conducted in Desember 2015 todetermine carrying capacity, flora and fauna potential as well as tourists and local communities perception. The method was based on the Cifuentes (1992) formula consists ofphysical carrying capacity, ecological carrying capacity, and real carrying capacity. Thephysical carrying capacity was implemented to obtain the tourists saticfaction. Theecological carrying capacity was implemented to maintain the ecosystem balance. The realcarrying capacity was implemented to maintain the comfort and safety of tourists. The datawas collected by field survey, questionnaires, and interviews method. The result showed thatthe 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 goodcategory with 23 species. The tourists and communities perception supported fully thedevelopment of ecotourism. Keywords : carrying capacity, ecotourism, Wiyono Waterfall