Economic Value of Waste at Tanjung Bira Beach, South Sulawesi

• Main Authors: Husnul Inayah, Asti Istiqomah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bogor Agricultural University 2021-01-01
• Series: Jurnal Ilmu Pertanian Indonesia
• Subjects: economic value; waste stacks; marine tourism
• Online Access: http://journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/JIPI/article/view/27045
• ISSN: 0853-4217; 2443-3462

Tanjung Bira Beach is one of the marine tourisms located in the Bonto Bahari District, Bulukumba Regency, South Sulawesi. The number of tourists visiting Tanjung Bira Beach has continued to increase over the past five years with the highest growth rate in 2018 at the level of 27.58%. This condition can improve the regional economy, but on the other hand it can also affect environmental conditions such as the increasing amount of waste generation in the tourism area, both organic and inorganic wastes. The objectives of this study are: 1) Identifying the potential of waste generation in Tanjung Bira Beach tourist area; and 2) Estimating the economic value of waste in the tourist area of Tanjung Bira Beach. The analytical method used was quantitative descriptive analysis and valuation method. The results showed that the potential for waste generation from tourism activities in the Tanjung Bira Beach tourist area were 16908.86 kg/year, with the majority of the wastes were generated by tourists. The type of waste generated was dominated by plastic waste both from tourists and local business. The total economic values of garbage in the Tanjung Bira Beach tourism area were IDR 20298215/year, which 97.60% came from inorganic waste, 1.75% from potential plastic waste, and 0.64% from compost potential.