In the wilderness of the maintained, at the mouth of the River pack, we draw a valuable lesson. In this place we enjoy the beautiful friendship between man and nature. Arriving in this area late in February and then, blowing a fresh breeze greeted the South China Sea to our faces. The wind continues to move in between palm midrib, mangrove twigs, dun say hello snake perched on its branches.
D ari a wooden pier at the end of the estuary, mangrove forest expanse stared at us. Natural freshness is known internationally. Foreign tourists often visit this place as part of a package holiday at Bintan Resort, Bintan regency, Riau Islands. Not only the freshness of nature, the tourists also travel along the traces of human life the sea has ever preserve the honor of this island. Nature tourism package is loaded with educational messages for anyone who visits.
Adventures in the jungles of our coast with the motor boat with a capacity of eight people. Boat deliberately slow because there are many things to be explained by the guides. Aliyadi (24), our guide, occasional use English because it used to bring foreign tourists. Without waiting for questions, he told the present condition of mangroves.
Since it opened as a tourist destination in February 2002, the region's fishing life changes, from nature to exploit the natural conservationists. Fishermen no longer burning mangrove wood into charcoal. Previously, this area is a mangrove charcoal producers, both being sold to Singapore and Malaysia. This habit of remaining traces of the five-meter-high kiln cone at the edge of the River pack.
Sell value
Mangrove wood burning stoves are not destroyed by society. In fact, the remaining mangrove wood burning into charcoal is also scattered around the furnace. This condition is easy to explain this place Aliyadi complete with explanatory examples. Examples of this are not always good. There are other examples of bad behavior on the pile of wood loggers boat in the river bank.
The next trip we went on a lush mangrove tunnel. In this corridor there are a number of homes of fishermen with traditional fishing gear linjap how Bubu dun. Not only are mangroves, around this place live palm trees (Nypa frusticans), wild pandanus, lobster house, various snakes, dun brackish water biota, such as the seashell. In a good story about every last thing, do not be questioned, the Malays expert And, all things mundane becomes different because it explained a guide to interesting. Most of the tourists responded with a nod-nod and say "Ooo, so ...."
Aliyadi entrails seemed to know exactly pack the mangroves.
A total of 12 species living in mangrove area is 20 hectares. There are four dominant species, namely Avicennia sp, sp Rhizopora, Bruguira sp, Xylocarpus sp. Life is beautiful mangrove spread the distinctive aroma of fresh tropical air. Jakarta people who are one with our group, Hannah Ruth Simatupang intentionally dalamdalam sighed. "Hmmm ... fresh, I have yet to find in Jakarta freshness like this," he said.
Ecotourism package is better known foreign tourists because most visitors come from overseas Bintan Resort Management offers five packages of natural attractions in the vicinity of mangroves. Tour packages that include tours around the mangrove forests, fishing in the surrounding mangrove forest, visit a traditional fishing dun learn as fishing and diving at the beach with a beautiful dish of marine life. For each package of ecotourism, the manager began to install the official price of 20 to 250 Singapore dollars per item per person.
This places increased traffic levels between May dun December each year with the average number of visitors to 700 people. The January to April traffic levels of about 400 people from this visit ecotourism managers received an average gross income of Rp 80 million per month. This money, in addition to hire 20 employees, was also foundation set aside some for savings.
Ruslan Mustafa (40), who also pack Lagoi fishing village, believed to sebagaipelaksana Eco Tourism Foundation Chairman duties as fishermen work to be done while directing the management of ecotourism. In this way, family income increases. Locals also enjoy the sweetness of this tour by renting a motorboat to visitors. For those who survive as fishermen, fish dun get more coastal biota. Berartijuga preserve mangrove forests support the fishermen.
Management
Most of the locals involved in management as a tour guide. Management of this area is in an institution with the Foundation Eco Tours (yew) which was formed with the Government District of Bintan, Bintan Resort, and local residents.
There are at least 20 people involved in this management is generally local. Coordinator of managers selected by consensus by the citizens and all parties involved in it. For local residents, manage the tour package is not a difficult job. Since birth they lived side by side on the coast.
Stand-in manager has worked with several schools in Singapore. Neighboring public school students are often planted mangroves in the pack as a social activity. Ruslan said, in the future he plans to develop tourism packages are up to the fishing village. Fishing village centered around a kilometer from the location of the mangrove forest.
Good management was fruitful in the award Gold Awards from the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) on April 14, 2003. PATA assess the manager not only presents the nature tourism per se, but also able to provide the knowledge of nature through the biota that live in the forest.
River coastal belt pack is just short of the beach in Pulau Bintan. So many coast that has not been managed properly. Tour packages like this should also be developed in many regions in Indonesia. Ecotourism development like this is potentially considering Bintan Island is just one of about 17 500 islands in the archipelago.
In the estuary of the River pack a valuable lesson of nature and humans are shown. Natural Mengakrabi also proved beneficial. In contrast, natural enemies instead make us friends with the disaster.
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