tourism is the lever for a larger multi-sector benefit sharing

banggai touna integrated marine & coastal zone strategic plan

Banggai Touna Region is a development hub of East Sulawesi Province, facing seas with great potential such as Gulf of Tomini, Molucca Sea, and Gulf of Tolo. Beside acts as regional growth center, the region is also works as the main gate for trade route, logistic distribution, and people mobility in East Sulawesi. This region consists of four regencies: Banggai, Banggai Islands, Banggai Sea, and Tojo Una-Una, in a unified vision to improve the quality and sustainability of economic condition, social welfare, and cultural excellence through three main pillars: Fishery, Plantation, and Maritime Tourism.

Banggai Touna can become a coastal zone model region for a blue-green island that is sustainable, resilient, inclusive and competitive. Integrated coastal zone management is key to manage development and conserve natural resource, and while so doing, integrates the concerns of relevant economic sectors and societal interests mainly on an interdependent and self-sustaining partnership between fisheries, agriculture, and coastal tourism. With the commitment to integrated management vision, series of thoughtful and transformative tourism investment will become the lever for a larger multi-sector benefit sharing.

process

01.

Transform Global Trends of Hospitality, Wellness, And Travel Into Key Part Of Strategic Criteria for Sustainable Tourism

The latest trends for hospitality, wellness, and travel were collected from various sources, and implemented in all hotel and resort locations in each regency.

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Criteria were created to provide a common understanding throughout the world of “sustainable tourism”, and are the minimum that any tourism business should aspire to reach. They are organized around four main themes: effective sustainability planning, maximizing social and economic benefits for the local community, enhancing cultural heritage, and reducing negative impacts to the environment. They have applicability to the entire tourism industry.

02.

Formulate Overarching Vision And Pilot Projects To Initiate Integrated Actions

Overarching vision consists of functions and programs of three main pillars of Banggai Touna Region, Tourism, Agri-business, and Fishery were created to bring together cohesive thinking and inform collaboration among many parties. Each elements were connected to larger goals yet easily followed through in daily actions for each pillars. The result is a much faster investment in tourism development that bring relevance to previously scattered efforts in this beautiful archipelagic region.

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DETAILS

Location:
Banggai & Tojo Una Una, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Client: 
State Owned Enterprise Ministry & Patra Jasa

Timeline:
​2017 - present

Involvements:
Visioning