Potensi area pariwisata alam di Kota Sorong
P Pengembangan area/kawasan pariwisata merupakan salah satu upaya di dalammemelihara pertumbuhan suatu kota. Agar dapat dikembangkan perlu diketahuipotensi area pariwisata yang dimiliki suatu kota. Kota Sorong menjadi kota transitkarena menjadi pintu utama menuju ke pulau Papua dan sebagai akses utamamenuju pariwisata Raja Ampat. Letak wilayah Kota Sorong yang strategis di satusisi dan di sisi lain memiliki area pariwisata alam yang belum dinilai potensinyamerupakan alasan dilakukannya penelitian ini. Adapun tujuan penelitian ini adalahmenganalisis potensi pariwisata alam Kota Sorong yang meliputi lima area berikut:Kawasan Pariwisata Tanjung Kasuari, Pulau Buaya, Pulau Doom, Gunung 400HBM dan Taman Wisata Alam Sorong. Potensi area pariwisata alam dianalisis dariaspek daya tarik wisata, akomodasi, sarana dan prasarana, serta aksesibilitasberdasarkan penilaian indikator potensi objek wisata berdasarkan PedomanAnalisis Daerah Operasi Objek dan Daya Tarik Wisata Alam ( ADO – ODTWA).Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ke lima area pariwisata alam Kota Sorongmemiliki nilai potensial untuk dikembangkan. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini makadapat diketahui perbedaan nilai potensial pada masing-masing kawasanpariwisata. Dengan hasil potensial pemerintah Kota Sorong dapat melakukanpengembangan pada unsur daya tarik, penyediaan sarana dan prasarana sertadapat menjual nilai potensial besar ini kepada investor.
T The development of a tourism area is one of the efforts in maintaining the growthof a city. In order to be developed, it is necessary to know the potential of a city'stourism area. Sorong City is known as a transit city, because it acts as the maindoor to the island of Papua and as the main access to Raja Ampat tourism. Thestrategic location of Sorong and its natural tourism area that has not beenassessed for its potential, become the reason for conducting this research. Thepurpose of this study is to analyze the natural tourism potential of Sorong Citywhich includes the following five areas: Tanjung Kasuari Tourism Area, CrocodileIsland, Doom Island, Mount 400 HBM and Sorong Nature Tourism Park. Thepotential of natural tourism areas is analyzed from the aspect of tourist attraction,accommodation, facilities and infrastructure, as well as accessibility based on theindicators taken from the Guidelines for Analysis of Operational Areas for NaturalTourism Objects and Attractions (ADO – ODTWA). The results showed that thefive natural tourism areas of Sorong City have potential value to be developed.Based on the results of this study, the difference in the potential value in eachtourism area can be seen. With the potential results, the Sorong City governmentcan develop the attractiveness element, provide facilities and infrastructure andcan advertise this large potential value to investors.