The Potential of Sport Diving as a Tourism Attraction in Indonesia

Abstract

This Indonesia has a large area of oceans and land. Indonesia's ocean area is about 3,273,810 km2 while the land area is about 1,919,440 km2 so that the total area of Indonesia is 5,193,250 km2. Indonesia is also referred to as a maritime country, because it has a wider sea area than its landmass. The potential of a large marine area becomes an important role in the progress of a country, one of which is in the maritime tourism sector. If it can be managed to the maximum then it certainly brings many benefits obtained one of them in the economic sector, the absorption of many jobs, many stock investors and the number of foreign tourists who come. In the marine tourism sector by looking at the richness of underwater nature, diving sports become an attraction for foreign tourists who want to explore the underwater beauty of Indonesia. Starting from the eastern to western tip of Indonesia (Papua, NTT, Maluku, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Bali, Java, Sumatra) has a unique diving potential in each region.