PENGEMBANGAN PELABUHAN CRUISE TANAH AMPO SEBAGAI GERBANG PARIWISATA KABUPATEN KARANGASEM

Karangasem is one of regency in Bali have much of tourism potential and tourism resources, so Karangasem developed Tanah Ampo Cruise Port to optimalize the tourists visiting, because cruise tourism is one of type of tourism trend in the word. Every tourism port in every country have quality facilities and and very support by tourism potential. Thus, in this study aims to determine the potential of the area as the location of Tanah Ampo cruise port development and to discusses Tanah Ampo Cruise Port development as a tourism entrance in Karangasem. This study discusses the development of Tanah Ampo Cruise Port as the gateway of tourism at Karangasem Regency. To discuss this study used a descriptive qualitative method. The types of data consist of qualitative and quantitative data as well as primary and secondary data sources. Data collected by in-depth interviews, observation , documentation studies and literature studies. Tanah Ampo cruise port located in Banjar Dinas Tanah Ampo, Ulakan Village, Manggis District, Karangasem Regency, Bali Province. This location is very strategic and has tourism potential wich consists of the physical and nonphisical potential. Tanah Ampo Cruise Port development project is implemented in accordance with the applicable regulations of port development in Indonesia and in accordance with the regulations of Bali Provincial and Karangasem Regency. Tanah Ampo Cruise Port development became a transit point as well as a destination for tourists who travel by cruise ship. The development also aims to increase the tourist visits to Karangasem and the all of tousrist attraction in Bali. But in the operational phase of the Tanah Ampo Port has not reached target operated due to several constraints related to port facilities, thus requiring evaluation and repairing the fasilities to able to meet market demands.