Conservation Aspects on Developing Geotourism for Young Tourists  during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Silalahi Village

Nurlisa Ginting; Nurinayat Vinky  Rahman; Antonella  Trombadore

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3063

Authors

Nurlisa Ginting Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia; Lake Toba & Sustainable Tourism Working Group, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia; Monitoring Centre of Sustainable Tourism Observatory (MCSTO), Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
Nurinayat Vinky Rahman Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia; Lake Toba & Sustainable Tourism Working Group, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia; Monitoring Centre of Sustainable Tourism Observatory (MCSTO), Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
Antonella Trombadore DiDADipartimento di Architettura, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3063

Keywords:

Geotourism, conservation aspects, young tourists, COVID-19

Abstract

Sustainable tourism is a tourism concept that provides sustainability for tourist destinations in the future, where geo-tourism is part of it. Geotourism development in conservation is an action to protect the geo-site from damage. The research area is located in Silalahi Village on the coast of Toba Caldera, rich in geodiversity and historical-cultural suitable for young visitors. The factors of this study, i.e., Environmental Conservation Activities and Cultural Conservation Activities, were investigated using the mixed method. This study shows geotourism development based on the conservation aspect for youth tourists during the COVID-19 pandemic in Silalahi Village.

Keywords: Geotourism; conservation aspects; young tourists; COVID-19

eISSN: 2398-4287Â© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peerâ€“review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3063