DAYA TARIK Dugong dugon SEBAGAI POTENSI WISATA DI KAWASAN PERAIRAN DESA ARAKAN KABUPATEN MINAHASA SELATAN

Fernando J Woy, Dannie R S Oroh, Meiske M Sangian, Easter Ch M Tulung, Frans Rattu, Alma Pongtuluran

Abstract


Arakan village has great potential and opportunities in the field of tourism and as a tourist attraction, so it is necessary to follow up with the management of the Dugong tourist attraction in the waters of Arakan village. The problem formulated in this study is how to develop dugong tourism potential in the waters of Arakan village. This study used descriptive method. Data retrieval carried out in this study was to directly visit the research site in Arakan village and in Arakan waters to make observations about the attraction of Dugong as tourism potential in Arakan village. Dugong or commonly known by the locals as duyung is one of 35 species of marine mammals found in Indonesian waters, especially in seagrass habitats. In this study, it was found that the attraction of Dugong as a tourism potential in the waters of the Arakan village, the South Minahasa regency, North Sulawesi province, although it is only of particular interest to Dugong lovers. From observations made through this study, two dugongs were found in the Kolam Dugong area in the waters of Arakan village in a seagrass habitat of 176.25 ha.

Keywords: Dugong, Arakan Village

Full Text:

PDF


DOI: https://doi.org/10.35800/jplt.11.2.2023.45110

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.