Evaluation of the Quality of Green Open Space as a Tourism Destination. Case Study: Mahakam Riverside Tenggarong

Abstract

Green open space is one part of urban space that functions to improve environmental quality, city aesthetics, and social interaction. Tenggarong city in East Kalimantan Province, which is located on the riverside of the Mahakam River, has green open spaces along its riverbanks. The beginning of the concept of developing this riverside area is The Waterfront Park of Tenggarong City or tourism on the Mahakam Riverside. This green open space aims to restore the function of city space and places that have a linear typology, as well as a city icon and tourism destination to increase tourist visits to Tenggarong City. The purpose of this paper is to find out how the quality of green open space and to find out the factors that must be added in green open spaces to influence the visitors to the Mahakam Riverside in Tenggarong City. The result of this research is in "Quite Satisfied" category. This illustrates that tourists are quite satisfied with the availability of public open space on the Mahakam Riverside in Tenggarong City, but they are still not optimal as a whole. To provide a better level of tourist satisfaction in the future, the Tenggarong City Government must be improve the quality of public open spaces that have not satisfied visitors.

Keywords: Green Open Space, Public Space, Tourism Destination, Riverside