THE TOURISM CARRYING CAPACITY

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tourism carrying capacity, environmental and socioeconomic impacts, sustainable tourism development.

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Endah Saptutyningsih
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

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The tourism currying capacity can be defined as the maximum number of tourists that can be contained in a certain destination area. The capacity is dictated by how many tourists an wanted rather than how many tourists can be attracted.

This paper describes about the Impact of tourism on the environment and the socioeconomic either positive Impacts or negative Impact. By measuring the tourism carrying capacity the tourism areas can reduce the negative impacts of tourism. Some standards for recreation activities can be used for measuring the carrying capacity. The purpose of measuring carrying capacity is achieving sustainable tourism development.

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Saptutyningsih, E. (2010). THE TOURISM CARRYING CAPACITY. Jurnal Ekonomi &Amp; Studi Pembangunan, 5(2), 165–183. Retrieved from https://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/esp/article/view/3218
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JESP Volume 5 Nomor 2, Oktober 2004
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