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Economic Development Analysis of Three Famous Tourist Destinations in Purbalingga

2022; Atlantis Press; Linguagem: Inglês

10.2991/aebmr.k.211225.002

2731-7854

Agus Zainul Arifin, Rakhmat Priyono,

Cruise Tourism Development and Management

This research focuses on economics tourism studies which analyse the economic development of three famous tourist destinations in Purbalingga Regency, i.e.Owabong Waterpark, Sanggaluri Reptile Park, and Purbasari Riverworld.The objectives of this research are (1) to measure willingness to pay of tourist destinations and (2) to analyse factors affecting willingness to pay of each tourist destination.This research uses travel cost method and multiple regression technique with incidental sampling technique for collecting primary data and supported by secondary ones from related institutions.The research findings are (1) willingness to pay of each destination is still at recommended price/ticket which ranges IDR25,000-35,000 for Owabong Waterpark, IDR15,000-20,000 for Sanggaluri Park, and IDR20,000-25,000 for Purbasari Riverworld; (2) the major determinant factors of willingness to pay of those three destinations are travel costs, visitor income, and visitor perceptions.