Pengembangan Infrastruktur Komersil Pelabuhan Penyebrangan Ajibata di Kabupaten Toba Samosir Sumatera Utara

Abstract

This research is conducted to figure and analyze the infrastructure development of Ajibata Port as the commercial ferry port in Toba Samosir. Ajibata Port is being developed gradually, so it has the potential to be a commercial port which provides facilities and services that can help to increase people’s income and develop the region's economy, by using the community base tourism principle to establish sustainable tourism without damaging the ecosystem or overexploiting. The method that used in this research is the quantitative analysis, thus field observation is needed to collect the reliable data from the local government, business owners, and the communities around Ajibata Port