Improving Management of Marine Ecotourism-based on the Value of Coral Reefs Vulnerability as a Tourism Attraction

Ecotourism management is a relationship between tourism manager and related stakeholders. Coral reef ecotourism management is important because Coral reef is an important resource in coastal areas and has a high degree of vulnerability in the sense of being sensitive to disturbance. The purpose of this study is to analyze the status of coral reefs vulnerability as a tourist attraction. The method used is Multi-Dimensional Scaling (MDS) analysis using Rapfish (Rapid Appraisal for Fisheries) software. Assessment of the vulnerability status of coral reefs in “tiga warna” beaches used 8 dimensions: environmental conditions, fishing ports, fishing areas, Coastline and Settlement, tourism management, tourism attractions, Socio-Economic and Population, and aquaculture. The result shows from eight dimensions revealed that coral reef in tourism area was vulnerable to the existence of a fishing port, fishing area, and environmental condition. Therefore, to improve ecotourism management, these sensitive attributes (have low adaptive capacity) must be controlled, that is the distance from shipping channel, the distance from the fishing area, and coral reef cover.