Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management

Evaluation of Implementation of Turtle-Based Ecotourism that Is In Line with The Trihita Karanaat TCEC Serangan, Bali
Anak Agung Gde Raka Dalem, Made Antara, A.A.P.A. Suryawan Wiranatha, Syamsul Aalam Paturusi

Abstract
In order to be able to find out the level of achievements of implementation of turtle-based ecotourism that is in line with the Balinese Philosophy of Trihita Karana (THK), a research was conducted at the Turtle Conservation and Education Center (TCEC) Serangan, Bali in 2020-2021. This research utilized principles and criteria of turtle-based ecotourism that is in line with the THK (Dalem et al., 2021) as the main reference or standard. To evaluate performance of TCEC in implementing that concept, an onsite audit was undertaken. The audit was undertaken through conducting interview, on site observation and document checking. Twelve principles with 48 criteria of turtle-based ecotourism that were in line with the THK were applied on the audit. Results of this research showed that TCEC has successfully fulfiled92% of the referred criteria. This indicated that TCEC has achieved an excellent performance in implementing turtle-based ecotourism criteria that were in line with the THK.

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