Quality assessment of road network to Seplawan Cave in Donorejo Village, Central Java

Department of Environmental Geography, Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: ratihfitria.putri@ugm.ac.id

Abstract

Infrastructure plays an important role in the tourism sector as a provider of facilities to provide facilities to tourist sites. The study area is in the Donorejo village, Central Java. Donorejo village has one of the most famous caves in Central Java, namely Goa Seplawan. The study was conducted with in-depth interviews with local residents and tourist visitors, as well as measurements and direct examination of the paths that are on site. Quality assessment of road conditions is carried out qualitatively. The assessment is based on the experience and standardization of each respondent which is then re-matched with the results of the study at the location and the Road Condition Index Matrix (RCI). There are three main paths to Seplawan Cave, namely through Hamlet Rejosari, Denansri, and Katerban. The main road passes through Hamlet Rejosari in good condition, but very steep. On the other hand, Denansri and Katerban hamlets have poor conditions. Road improvements have increasing the number of visitors to Goa Seplawan. In 2018 there were 9, 889 and in 2019 became 13, 882. This number shows that road construction has an impact on increasing the number of visitors at tourism sites in the Donorejo village.