Developing an educational tourism model for disaster-prone areas

¹ Tourism Education Study Program, Faculty of Social Science Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229 Bandung 40154, Indonesia
² Sociology Education Study Program, Faculty of Social Science Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229 Bandung 40154, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: wulung@upi.edu

Abstract

The government has made an effort to develop tourism for disaster-prone areas to assist sustainable development, but due to the limited nature of disaster education, it has focused especially on doing so. The purpose of this study is to design the best educational tourism model for disaster-prone areas. The Tangkubanparahu Volcano disaster-prone areas served as the site of this qualitative study. While secondary data was gathered from literature, policy papers, and prior studies, primary data came from interviews and field observations. The study’s findings indicate that the educational tourism model for disaster-prone areas is built on a framework that supports disaster literacy and involves the supply and demand of educational tourism. Because its scope is so closely tied to disaster-related features, geotourism is the perfect type of educational tourism for disasterprone areas. For tourists and destination management, the contribution of educational tourism has the potential to mitigate the risk of disaster. Through disaster interpretation and tourist literacy, geotourism, can help disasterprone areas realize sustainable tourism. Both nationally and internationally, this study may have repercussions for areas that are prone to disasters.