Research Paper
Year: 2018 | Month: October | Volume: 5 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 67-86
The Role of Youth in Ecotourism Management through Tangkahan Tourism Institutions
(Study on Tangkahan Ecotourism Area, Namu Sialang Village, Batang Serangan District, Langkat Regency)
Muhammad Rizal Lubis1, Robert Sibarani2, Rujiman2
1Postgraduate students at University of North Sumatra, Indonesia
2Postgraduate Lecturer at University of North Sumatra, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Muhammad Rizal Lubis
ABSTRACT
North Sumatra province is a province famous for its tourist objects. One of them is a natural tourism area that is potential in Langkat Regency that is Tangkahan Ecotourism Area. The development of the Tangkahan Ecotourism area is inseparable from the role of youth who are members of the Tangkahan Tourism Institute (LPT) consistently and innovatively develop the Tangkahan Ecotourism area into one of the leading tourist destinations in North Sumatra. The method used in this research is descriptive method with qualitative approach. The purpose of this study is to see the role of youth who are members of the Institute of Tourism Tangkahan (LPT) in developing the Tangkahan Ecotourism Area. This research sees there are three roles conducted by youth as the motor development of Tangkahan Ecotourism Area. The first role of youth as a dynamicator in which in the implementation of this role of youth who are members of the LPT managed to set up ten State-Owned Enterprises (BUML) that serves to optimize all existing resources. The second role of Motivator where in the implementation of this role of youth succeeded in convincing the people living in Tangkahan Ecotourism area to stop illegal logging activities that they have done down to participate in the development of Tangkahan Ecotourism Area. The third role is the role of Innovators in which LPT successfully formed Elephant Jungle Patrol (EJP) in an attempt to harmonize tourism business activities while preserving the forest through forest patrol activities. This study also looks at how tourism attraction owned by Tangkahan Ecotourism Area is good in terms of attraction, amenity, accessibility, and ancillary.
Key words: Youth Role, Ecotourism Management, Tangkahan Tourisme Institute
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