Strategic Perspectitve Of Sustainable Small Islands Marine Tourism Development In Indonesia

STRATEGIC PERSPECTTTSE OF ST'STAINABI,E SIdALL ISI.A}iIDS
}NRTNE TOT'RISM DE\IEI€PIGNT
IN INDOIiIESI.A

By
Dietriech

G. Bengenll

Abstract
Like jewefsof the equatorthcf stretches from theweslern port ct Sumoteroto
the easternport of Popuo,Indonesioas on orchiWlqk sfote thot consisfsof
morethon 1O.0O0
smollislondsis not onlystrutegicollysituotedbetweenIndion ond
PocificOceons,but olsobetwee,n
AsioandAustrslioContinents.This positionhos
put Indonesioct o vely impetont role os a desfincfiononeofor morire tourism.
Oneof the chorocteristicsof this kind of smallislandsis the biggrermorine
resourcescomporedto thot of londrdiour"@s-Thereforne,the strotegic
perspectireof Indonesio'ssmcllislandsdeve,lopment
hasto be bosedon the morine

potency,wheremorinetowism wifl be ow of the moinsourceof the sustoinoble
economicoctivitiesof smollislonds.
Key words:sustainobbrnorinetourism,smallislonds,Indonesio

I ) Professm of fte Faorlty of Fishery *nd Marine Sci€rrce,Ebgm Agnculhral University (PB)
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