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development by maintaining the management of coastal ecotourism. At the same time, the program can create
sustainable livelihoods with quality standards of coastal ecotourism, and conserve resources from coastal
communities. Finally, it developed trading activities of a seafood and traditional food – at the coastal ecotourism
zones (Boscolo et al., 2011; Virapart, 2011; Rahmi, 2015; Picard, 2015; Rusli et al., 2015; Chien, 2016; Whitney,
2017, Pace and Morgan, 2017).
2 Meterials and Methods
This quantitative and qualitative research were conducted from February 2015 - February 2016 in Gili-Trawangan,
Lombok (Figure 1), by allocating 300 questionnaires to: tourists, tour-guide, travel agency, Department of culture
and tourism, Hotel, restaurant, tourist bus, driver (Jenning, 2001).
Figure 1 Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Indonesia
Collected data was tabulated by using content analysis (Cohen, 1960; Henderson, 1991; Gottschalk, 2013), based
on the concept of coastal ecotourism. Its focus on all traveling activities and enjoy the beauty of nature beach -
with local cultural wisdom, coastal environments - natural visual and landscape aesthetics, enhance regional
economic development, conserve resources from coastal communities, sustainable livelihoods, and trading
activities of a seafood - traditional food (Boscolo et al., 2011; Virapart, 2011; Rusli et al., 2015; Picard, 2015;
Chien, 2016; Whitney, 2017; Pace and Morgan, 2017).
Data collected was corroborated by using triangulation techniques. It‟s amplifying an observation, open interviews,
and secondary data analysis for verification (Marwick and Uniger, 1975). Interview results are strongly influenced
by the situation of the interviewer, both in terms of interests, topics, or opinions or views of the respondents. In
brief, the outcome of the content analysis tabulation of coastal-ecotourism explored analysis, posting each
attribute, frequency counted, and discussion of existing and expected performance (Diamantis, 2000; Almeyda et
al., 2010; Picard, 2015; Pace and Morgan, 2017).
3 Results and Discussion
The results of this study based on the concept of coastal ecotourism show that Gili Trawangan's current
performance is in critical condition (K
1
= 0.5852) (Table 1). There are three main issues that would be settle down
accordingly: sustainable livelihoods, conserve resources from coastal communities, and enhance regional
economic development. After that, then needed reinforcement in three other things (Table 2): enhanced trading
activities of seafood or traditional food, keep cleaning coastal environment to get natural visual and landscape
aesthetics of undersea life, and develop natural beach destination with local cultural wisdom. It would improve the
performance of coastal ecotourism in Gili-Trawangan (K
2
=0.7037).
As we trace back to the past, about 35 years ago, Gili-Trawangan is still quiet. Not many people on this
340-hectare island. Residents who live on the island are only hundreds on the east side of the island. The
inhabitants work as fishermen and farmers. Corn and cassava become the main commodities as well as the main
