Developing Marine Tourism Policy Pathways: The Case of Super Priority Marine Tourism Destinations in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia

Abstract

The theme of this research is focused on developing a sustainable economic policy model in Labuan Bajo-Komodo Indonesia. The background is because currently, problems have occurred that have threatened the sustainability of marine resources and marginalized local communities which threatens their welfare. Therefore, this research aims to improve this condition through developing a sustainable economic policy model based on marine tourism. The policy model being developed is urgently needed because the research location is a Super Priority Tourism Destination (SPTD) which acts as a central area for national strategic economic growth. The research methodology combines a participatory approach and multi-policy analysis methods (MULTIPOL). A multi-stakeholder participatory approach is carried out through focused discussions as a way to explore and agree on information regarding criteria, policy scenarios, policies and policy actions. Multi-stakeholder discussions produced 9 criteria, 3 scenarios, 6 policies and 8 policy actions along with their importance weight values. The results of the MULTIPOL evaluation are the novelty of this research, namely that each blue economy policy scenario requires support for the performance of a certain set of policies and policy actions, and there are policies and policy actions that require performance support for each scenario.