PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT SEKITAR KAWASAN PENGEMBANGAN EKOWISATA AIR PAOH DI DESA PANGKALAN BUTON KECAMATAN SUKADANA KABUPATEN KAYONG UTARA

Abstract

North Kayong Regency is a district that has tourism potential, one of that is Paoh water ecotourism which is now developed into Bukit Paoh Villa and Resto. The existence of the development of this new ecotourism has led to different perceptions between individuals in Pangkalan Buton Village, so it is necessary to conduct research of the community around the Paoh water ecotourism development area in Pangkalan Buton Village, Sukadana District, North Kayong Regency. The purpose of this study is to examine people's perceptions of water ecotourism and examine the relationships between perceptions of income, knowledge, and cosmopolitan. This research uses a survey method with purposive sampling technique. The results show the perception of the community around the ecotourism development area in Pangkalan Buton Village, Sukadana Subdistrict, North Kayong Regency which is 52.1% neutral. There is a significant relationship between people's perceptions of the level of income, level of knowledge, and cosmopolitan towards the development of water ecotourism Paoh in Buton Village, Sukadana District, Kayong Utara RegencyKeywords : Development, Ecotourism, suistainable, Community of perception