ROCK MASS RATING AND FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT OF KARST CAVE GEO-ECOTOURISM IN TANJUNGSARI DISTRICT, GUNUNGKIDUL REGENCY, YOGYAKARTA SPECIAL REGION, INDONESIA
S. Kusumayudha, Banbang Prastistho, M. Zakaria, I. Rahatmawati, T. Setyaningrum
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Abstract
Tanjungsari district, Gunungkidul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Territory, is located in the karst geopark area of Gunungsewu, Indonesia. The area is geologically constituted of cavernous limestones, characterized by the existence of subsurface drainage. Since the Gunungsewu area was declared as one of the Unesco Global Geoparks in 2015, the tourism sector of this region has propagated rapidly. Tanjungsari district does not like to be left behind in developing the tourism sector. There are several caves in the district that have the potential to be developed for cave tourism, including Bentar Cave, Cabe Cave, Grengseng Cave, Pakubon Cave, and Tritis Cave, which have their uniqueness and attractiveness in terms of exokarst, endokarst, and legends. The development of these potential sites is expected able to improve the economic sector and welfare of the surrounding community. For the caves in Tanjungsari district competitive, the concept of development must be different from that of other places, it is cave geo-ecotourism. In connection with the matters mentioned above, studies and assessments applying engineering geological, social-economical, and agricultural investigations were conducted to explore the potential and feasibility of cave geoecotourism in the Tanjungsari area. Based on the application of cave rock mass rating (CRMR), Bentar Cave has a total score of 69 (Fair), Cabe Cave = 75 (Good), Grengseng Cave = 47 (Poor), Pakubon Cave = 81 (Good), and Tritis Cave = 79 (Good). The results of this study indicate that Bentar Cave has a value of 63.3%, Cabe Cave 50%, Grengseng Cave 66.7%, Pakubon Cave 63.3%, and Tritis Cave 73.3% feasibility or readiness if it will be developed as a geo-eco-cave tourism. Key-words: karst, geo eco-tourism, cave, rock mass rating
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Geographia Technica is a journal devoted to the publication of all papers on all aspects of the use of technical and quantitative methods in geographical research. It aims at presenting its readers with the latest developments in G.I.S technology, mathematical methods applicable to any field of geography, territorial micro-scalar and laboratory experiments, and the latest developments induced by the measurement techniques to the geographical research. Geographia Technica is dedicated to all those who understand that nowadays every field of geography can only be described by specific numerical values, variables both oftime and space which require the sort of numerical analysis only possible with the aid of technical and quantitative methods offered by powerful computers and dedicated software. Our understanding of Geographia Technica expands the concept of technical methods applied to geography to its broadest sense and for that, papers of different interests such as: G.l.S, Spatial Analysis, Remote Sensing, Cartography or Geostatistics as well as papers which, by promoting the above mentioned directions bring a technical approach in the fields of hydrology, climatology, geomorphology, human geography territorial planning are more than welcomed provided they are of sufficient wide interest and relevance.