The impact of koja cliff development on social-cultural and economic: Case of community-based tourism, Banten, Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia has a great geotourism potential formed both naturally and engineered. Koja Cliff is an example of the latter built in the former mining area in Banten Province by local community. The purpose of this research was description geotourism development and relationship among economy and social-cultural for community-based-tourism in Koja Cliff, Banten, Indonesia. The research investigated with 39 respondents as a regular traveler to Koja Cliff and using puposive sampling method. Geotourism descriptive, validity, reliability, and multiple regression were conducted to answer research questions. This research finding shows Koja Cliff as had directly positive influences on social-cultural and economic of community-based tourism.