Preliminary Geoheritage Assessment in Sikka Regency, Potential Geotourism Destination in Indonesia Reza Permadi, Wendy P. Tarigan, Teguh A. Patria, Hana Ulinnuha, Fithria K. Damanik
Tourism Destination, Universitas Bina Nusantara
Abstract
This paper presents a preliminary assessment of geological diversity in Sikka Regency that can assist in sustainable planning and management and provide protection for national geological heritage (geoheritage) sites. The landscape of Sikka Regency is characterized by structural and karst landforms. The method used in this research is an inventory of geological diversity with field data collection and self-assessment using the Geological Survey Center Classification, Geological Agency, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (2017), whose assessment is based on four aspects, namely aspects of scientific value, educational value, tourism value, and potential degradation value. Each scoring point has a value converted to a percentage that is summarized to classify the geological heritage as high, moderate, or low value. Based on field inventories and independent assessments, the Sikka Regency area has 20 geological diversity. 5 geological diversity has a high classification value, some of which are of Bhera Columnar Joint- Ogor Paret Honeycomb- Semparong Lake- Egon Crater and Underwater Crack. 15 geological diversity has a moderate classification. These results can help provide a geological diversity protection status to become a geological heritage and the development of geotourism destination management.
