DAMPAK EKONOMI BAGI MASYARAKAT YANG BEKERJA DI SEKTOR PARIWISATA DI TRANSPORTASI AIR (STUDI KASUS: PEMANDU WISATA, TUKANG MASAK DAN KAPTEN KAPAL DI TAMAN NASIONAL TANJUNG PUTING KABUPATEN KOTAWARINGIN BARAT)

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Tourism is one of the sectors that play a major role in the process of developing and developing global and national regions and regions. The tourism sector has a correlation and a large potential in supporting productive economic sectors and creative economy with the growth of micro, small and medium enterprises (UMKM) around the tourism area. The author determines the formulation of the problem as follows: What is the economic impact for people who work in the tourism sector users of water transportation in Tanjung Puting National Park.
Location The research that will be carried out by researchers / authors is in Tanjung Puting National Park (TNTP) Kotawaringin Barat. Judging from the type of data the research approach used in this study is descriptive qualitative research.
In carrying out the tour, usually in 1 (one) kelotok consists of tour guides, Cookers and Ship captains. The kelotok currently available is approximately 80 (eighty) on the trip, the tour is often carried out for 3 (three) days 2 (two) nights. In this study, a sample of the snowball method was withdrawn so that from 80 kelotok taken 25% (twenty five percent) obtained 20 kelotok, so that there were also 20 tour guides, 20 cooks and 20 boat captains.
The conclusion that it is clear that the impact of the Economic Impact on People Working in the Tourism Sector in Water Transportation can improve the living standards of the people involved both as tour guides, cooks and ship captains.