Development of Agritourism Potential as an Alternative Form to Preservation of Rural Environment in Samboja East Kalimantan

Abstract

The relocation of the capital city of Republic Indonesia to East Kalimantan, which is called Nusantara, will certainly increase resident migration to East Kalimantan. This relocation will affect the tourism activity needs. Although, it can also threaten the existence of water system, flora and fauna, pollution and other environmental damage. Samboja, one of Subdistrict of Kutai Kartanegara, is the buffer zones of Nusantara. Samboja has a great potential for developing agritourism because it has the largest land area and amount of agricultural production in Kutai Kartanegara. The combination of agriculture and tourism or called agritourism is a form of creative economic development in the agricultural sector that provides added value to agribusiness and also can contribute to the rural environment preservation. Therefore, this research was conducted to determine the agritourism development in Samboja by identify the agritourism potential using scoring analysis with the 4A approach, namely Attraction. Accessibility, Amenity and Ancillary. The results of this research showed that the potential attractions in Samboja Subdistrict are agricultural land, various agricultural commodities, and agricultural activities carried out in the forms of planting, management, and harvesting. Then, the villages with high potential classification for agritourism development are Handil Baru, Sanipah and Karya Jaya.