Local Community Participation under Proboscis Monkey Conservation-Based Ecotourism Development in Curiak Island Area

This study was conducted to identify local participation under proboscis monkey conservation-based ecotourism development in Curiak Island Area and the relationship between their socio-demographic characteristics. A total of 20 respondents participated in the study. The data taken included respondents' profiles and local community participation in proboscis monkey ecotourism development. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics analysis and rank Spearman correlation analysis. The results showed that local community participation in proboscis monkey conservation-based ecotourism is at a medium level with an average mean score of 3.34. The correlation coefficient between age and local community participation is -0.223 with a significance value of 0.345 so that it can be said that there is no significant relationship (p>0.05) between age and local community participation and are at a very low category, the correlation coefficient value between gender and local community participation is 0.286 with a significance value of 0.221 so that it can be said that there is no significant relationship (p>0.05) between gender and community participation local and are at a low category, the correlation coefficient value between education and local community participation is 0.296 with a significance value of 0.205 so that it can be said that there is no significant relationship (p>0.05) between education and local community participation and are at a low category, and the correlation coefficient value between income and local community participation is 0.496 with a significance value of 0.026 so that it can be said that there is a real relationship (p<0.05) between income and local community participation and are at a medium category. It can be concluded that local community participation in proboscis monkey conservation-based ecotourism is at a medium level. The socio-demographic characteristic that has a real relationship with local community participation is monthly income. Socio-demographic characteristics that have no significant relationship with local community participation are age, education, and educational background. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.