Evaluating tourism destination sustainability through Saviki’s approach for effective sustainable tourism development
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https://doi.org/10.52300/jepp.v6i1.24281Keywords:
sustainable tourism, cultural heritage, stakeholder perceptions, Delphi technique, Gedong Songo TempleAbstract
Sustainable management of cultural heritage destinations requires balancing resource conservation, community welfare, and visitor experiences. This study evaluates tourism sustainability at Gedong Songo Temple, Indonesia, through an integrated assessment of relationships among resources, local communities, and tourism. A case study approach combined observation, interviews with residents, tourists, and resource managers, and questionnaire responses. The Delphi technique was used to identify evaluation indicators and their relative priorities across environmental, social, and economic dimensions. The assessment revealed uneven performance across stakeholder relationships. Resource interpretation and opportunities for cultural interaction emerged as relative strengths, whereas tourism contributions to conservation and community benefits required greater attention. These findings suggest that satisfactory visitor experiences do not necessarily coincide with equitable economic benefits or sufficient support for resource protection. Management should strengthen community participation, improve the distribution of tourism benefits, and connect tourism revenue with conservation activities. The indicator framework offers a basis for identifying management priorities and monitoring destination sustainability. However, stakeholder perceptions provide context-dependent evidence rather than objective confirmation of environmental or economic outcomes. Future research should validate the indicators using broader stakeholder participation, transparent weighting procedures, and complementary measures of conservation performance and community welfare before adapting the framework to other heritage destinations
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