Analysis of the North Toraja Regency spatial plan by GIS analysis: Recreation ecosystem and ecotourism

Abstract

Recreation and ecotourism as ecosystem services are pleasures that come from nature. Quantification and mapping as one of the key elements needed to improve the recognition and implementation of ecosystem services into decision making. Mapping of recreational and ecotourism ecosystem services as material for evaluating the RTRW of North Toraja Regency. The results of the evaluation of the RTRW become the basis for the development of tourist areas and plans for the development of infrastructure for the Toraja Regency in the future. This study aims to identify tourism object ecosystem services and analysis of services to the RTRW of North Toraja Regency. The value of ecosystem services is obtained from the weighting and scoring of geomorphology, natural vegetation, and land cover derived from expert opinion and analyzed by the AHP method. Land cover was identified using SPOT 6-7 Year 2019 imagery. 9 geomorphologies are dominated by volcanic mountains made of outer igneous rock with an area of 82,974.92 Ha. Natural vegetation is known that the vegetation of the lower monsoon forest (monsoon lower mountain forest) dominates with an area of 93,809.14 Ha. The mainland cover is secondary dryland forest with an area of 46,803 ha. The results showed that the index value of recreational and ecotourism ecosystem services was dominated by very high class with an area of 5,5014.82 ha. The harmony of tourism objects, ecosystem services and spatial patterns resulted in 10 tourist objects with a very low index. These 10 attractions are then directed as material for evaluating spatial patterns. Land with land cover that is difficult to change is adjusted to its closure. The closure of plantation land, agriculture and dry land agriculture is directed to become a horticultural area. Meanwhile, tourism objects prone to disasters are directed to be protected areas.

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