MODEL PENGEMBANGAN EKOWISATA DALAM MENDUKUNG KEMANDIRIAN EKONOMI DAERAH STUDI KASUS PROVINSI DIY

Abstract

Along with the development and economic growth processing, the role of tourism nowadays is more
essential, as new sectors that contibuting foreign exchange for the improvement of people’s welfare.
Indonesia is one country that has a many natural and cultural remarkable, also enjoy this benefit.
However, tourism is often regarded as one of the largest damage contributor to the preservation of the
environment and the community, particularly through the development of the infrastructure. Yogyakarta
Province as one of the tourist destinations, also face the same problem, a shift in cultural values , social
and environmental wisdom. Ecotourism then regarded as one of the policy alternatives that can be used
as a solution to this problem. By using a qualitative approach, this study was conducted with the aim of
formulating a model-based sustainable ecotourism cultural values , social, and environmental wisdom
that will support the successful development of tourism in Yogyakarta. With the development of this
policy model, expected to be a guideline for governments in developing national policies in the field of
sustainable tourism in order to streng then the economic independence in the region