The Development Of Eco-Edutourism Village In Mangrove Tapak Forest Area, Tugurejo, Tugu Sub-District As A Community-Based Tourism

An area that has an extensive mangrove vegetation is located in Tapak, Tugurejo Village, Tugu SubDistrict, Semarang City. Mangrove Tapak has provided enormous potentials and benefits for the Tapak community; one of which is tourism. The tourism that has been developed in Mangrove Tapak area is called eco-edutourism. It is a community-based tourism developed by Tapak community. Based on these conditions and potentials, Tapak, in Tugurejo Village has a great potential to be developed as an eco-edutourism village. However, to become an eco-edutourism village, Tapak still needs a lot of developments. This study aims to find out the potential development of the village for eco-edutourism in Tapak, the supporting and inhibiting factors, and the strategy to develop eco-edutourism village. The study was conducted by using descriptive methods with a qualitative approach through interviews, observation, and documentation. The analysis of the data was conducted by qualitative analysis with interaction method based on the theory of Miles and Huberman. Based on the research, the results showed that the potential of Tapak eco-edutourism village consists of: Tapak mangrove forest, mangrove forest tour using cruise boats, Tirang Island, edutourism and fishing in fish farms, culinary tours, edutourism mangrove parks, and mangrove processing edutourism. The factors supporting the development of the eco-tourism village include: the potential characteristics of eco-edutourism, local community participation, large market share, accessibility, and strategic tourist location. The inhibiting factors were: lack of financial support and low tourism infrastructure, inadequate quality of human resources, the threat of environmental sustainability and less clean tourism environment. Thus, the strategy in developing Tapak eco-edutourism village includes: making tour packages, improving the quality of human resources, strengthening organizations, institutional reform and improving infrastructure, and intensive and efficient tourism promotions. Keywords—Tapak, eco-edutourism, mangrove