The Role of Agrotourism in Environmental Sustainability (Case Study: Batu City, East Java)

Fardiah Qonita Ummi Naila; Djoko Santoso Abi Suroso

Fardiah Qonita Ummi Naila School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development, Institut Teknologi Bandung
Djoko Santoso Abi Suroso School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development, Institut Teknologi Bandung

Keywords: Agrotourism, Environmental Sustainability, Drought Level

Abstract

The change in tourism trends during the Covid-19 pandemic to rural tourism is the basis for considering the role of agro-tourism as a rural tourism option. Previous research has shown an increase in demand for the tourism market has a correlation with increased consumption of clean water, giving rise to issues of justice for access to rural air. Therefore, this study seeks to be able to give consideration to environmental potential in agro-tourism activities with the case study of Batu City. In this study, a comparative study was used in three different villages in Batu City with vegetation characteristics as an agro-tourism attraction offered by the Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI) methodology. The results showed that there was a relationship between the area of the vegetation index as shown by the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) approach in each village and the degree of drought shown in the results of the Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI). The results of the study show that agro-tourism plays a big role in maintaining air availability as indicated by the minimum level of drought in areas with high vegetation.

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