The potential of ecotourism travel patterns as a guidance for the development of special interest tourism in Kukup Bonglai, Way Kanan District

This research was conducted in Bonglai Village at Way Kanan Regency, Lampung Province. The purpose of this study was to determine the pattern of ecotourism routes in the Kukup Bonglai tourist attraction which can be used as a guidance for the Pokdarwis who managing tourism activities when they run tourism activities at their place. The method used by the author is descriptive qualitative with data collection techniques by observations and interviews at the locus area. The results show that The Kukup Bonglai tourist attraction has a single path pattern which is divided into two main segments. The first one is land route segment and the second one is waterway segment with a total distance of 6,716 m. The land route segment is divided into 5 different route locations, as well as the waterway segment which is divided into 5 route locations. The tourist attraction of Kukup Bonglai also has considerable disaster potential, so clear and appropriate disaster mitigation management is needed to make ecotourism activities can run safely. The suggestion given in this research is Pokdarwis must divide the time for canyoning activities in Kukup Bonglai. Canyoning activities at Kukup Bonglai will be safer if running at dry season. Furthermore, with ecotourism travel pattern, Pokdarwis can explain with more detail about tourism potential of Kukup Bonglai to tourists.