ERAN TOUR AGENCY ORANGUTAN JOURNEY DALAM PENINGKATAN KUNJUNGAN WISATAWAN DI TAMAN NASIONAL TANJUNG PUTING KABUPATEN KOTAWARINGIN BARAT

Sari

Tanjung Puting is one of the most famous tourist destinations and is a favorite tourist spot on Borneo Island Borneo, a National Park with an area of ± 415,040 Ha located in the south of Central Kalimantan Province. The main attraction of this National Park is of course orangutans. This National Park is the center of orangutan research and conservation throughout the world.
There are various Tour Agencies in Kotawaringin Barat Regency that offer tour and travel services to Tanjung Puting National Park. One of them is the orangutan journey tour agency which is managed independently by the son of Pangkalan Bun region which is developing into one of the best travel package choices that offer differences in adventure in Tanjung Puting National Park.
The purpose of this study are: To Know the Role of the Journey Orangutan Tour Agency in Increasing Tourist Visits in Tanjung Puting National Park, Kotawaringin Barat District.
Based on the presentation and analysis of the data presented, it can be concluded that the role of the orangutan journey tour agency in increasing tourist visits to Tanjung Puting National Park in Kotawaringin Barat District is quite large. This can be seen from the publicity they have done in promoting Tanjung Puting National Park to various parts of the world. Promote both through English and Indonesian language websites, making it easy for tourists to see and learn more about orangutans in Tanjung Puting National Park and ultimately interested in visiting.
Various advantages and features presented by journey orangutans make the reason why choosing a journey orangutan as a tour agency in an adventure to enjoy the beauty of protected forests, orangutans and various other animals. Although it has only been running for about 2 years, since 2014 and 2015 the publicity displayed by orangutan journey was made very interesting so that people were interested in traveling to Tanjung Puting National Park. It is expected that the two orangutan journey websites can increase the number of tourists visiting both domestic and foreign countries in the future. With the large number of tourists visiting Tanjung Puting National Park, of course it is directly proportional to the increase in the number of regional revenues from the tourism sector