Beach Ecotourism on Beras Basah Island, Bontang City, East Kalimantan

Abstract

Beras Basah Island is an object pride tourism in Bontang City. The island is located in the middle of the
sea and surrounded by beautiful beaches by width about one hectare. In addition from being a beautiful
island with white sand, this island is also a water area surrounded by a lot of biodiversity such as a coral
reefs, seagrass beds, and various types of fish. This study aimed to find out the Tourism Suitability Index
and area supporting effort for coastal tourism on Beras Basah Island, Bontang City, East Kalimantan. This
research was conducted in March 2021. The research location was in Pulau Beras Basah city. Analysis of
the data used Tourism Suitability Indeks based on the multiplication of weights and skors obtained from
each parameter of Depth, Brightness, coast type, coast Width, Coastal Slope, Water Base Material,
Current Speed, tracking of Hazardous Biota, Land Closure, Water Availability, and using Area Supporting
Effort analysis Based on the size of the seashore area. The condition of the beach tourism suitability index
for the four stations on Beras Basah Island is the north station 2,3, 2,5 east, 2,6 south and west station 2,5
the category is very suitable even though the visual conditions in the field actually look general and are
suitable for ecotourims and tourims. The total area carrying capacity calculation results are estimated to
have a maximum capacity of 202 people/day in 5 hours/person.