Mitigation-Based Tourism Management in Disaster-Prone Areas in Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Wijayanti A, Setiawan W, Aghni PP, Mahayuputro S, Riomandha T and Anindita S

Published on: 2023-05-04

Abstract

Bantul Regency has tourism potential as a magnet for tourists, but also an area with potential disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis, extreme waves, floods, and landslides. Tourism regions in the Bantul Regency cannot avoid natural disasters but can minimize them through disaster mitigation-based tourism management. Natural disasters cannot be avoided, but their impact can be minimized through disaster mitigation-based tourism management. This study aims to examine tourism management in Bantul Regency, which has a very high disaster vulnerability, through mapping tourist destinations based on types of tourism and potential disasters. Mapping data becomes a reference for formulating recommendations for managing tourism areas based on disaster mitigation. The research uses an exploratory approach in two strategic regional tourism areas in Bantul Regency. Data were collected through observation and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) that produce a map of the distribution of tourist attractions and potential disasters through the overlay process. Mitigation-based tourism management recommendations are formulated according to the characteristics and potential for disasters in the tourism area of Bantul Regency. They are implemented in structural and non-structural ways.