jailcd2019-026: Analysis the Potency of Bamboo Forests as a Tourism Attraction - Case Study Bamboo Forest Tanjung Agung, Katibung Subdistrict, South Lampung District, Lampung

Abstract

Bamboo is a giant grass that grows in many parts of Indonesia and grows very fast and fertile. Tanjung Agung village, Katibung sub-district, has a forest research area, including Bambu. Bamboo forests have various types of bamboo that grow in the location. The potency in bamboo forests is still not maximized by the community and bamboo forest managers from the Environmental and Forestry Research and Development Agency. Tourist attractions become a sign where people know or even know the name of a place or village. This research was in Tanjung Agung Village, Katibung Sub-District, South Lampung District, Lampung Province. The purpose of this research is to increase the potency that exists in bamboo forests and develop bamboo forests into tourism attractions. Methods of collecting data using snowball sampling techniques as well as literature studies, interviews, photo documentation and direct observation. The results of this study are educational tourism and the archipelago's very potency bamboo academy center and bamboo handicraft tourism market as well as tourism mountain bike lanes which serve as a reference for the development or planning of suitable tourist attraction to be applied in the katibung bamboo forest.