Tourism Carrying Capacity of Torean Hiking Trail, Mount Rinjani National Park
- 1 Department Forest Resource Conservation and Ecotourism, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
- 2 Mount Rinjani National Park Center, Balai Taman Nasional Gunung Rinjani, Mataram, Indonesia
Abstract
The Torean hiking trail is the newest hiking trail in Mount Rinjani National Park (TNGR). Hiking ecotourism can be an environmentally friendly alternative in managing national parks; however, if it is not adequately supervised, overtourism will occur, degrading the environment and reducing the quality of the visitor experience. To prevent this, it is necessary to know the number of visits allowed by calculating the carrying capacity of the hiking trail and ensuring the capacity is maintained. The data processing technique uses the carrying capacity calculation method by Cifuentes with modifications and correction factors that are suitable for hiking tourism. The results showed that the Torean lama hiking trail (Torean post-Sembalun Torean junction) has a physical carrying capacity of 4,516 people/day, a real carrying capacity of 532 people/day, and an effective carrying capacity of 372 people/day. In comparison, the Torean Baru hiking trail (Birisan Nangka Sembalun Torean junction) has a physical carrying capacity of 4,165 people/day, a real carrying capacity of 333 people/day, and an effective carrying capacity of 233 people/day. The carrying capacity is higher than the actual visitation levels; therefore, tourism activities on the Torean hiking trail do not indicate over-tourism in terms of the number of visits.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajessp.2023.155.161
Copyright: © 2023 Endang Koestati Sri Harini Muntasib, Singgih Ali Nurdin and Anggit Haryoso. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Keywords
- Ecotourism
- Overtourism
- Sustainability
- Mount Rinjani National Park
- Nature Conservation