Development of a Web-Based Eco-Educational Tourism GIS to Meet Tourism Information Needs at the Pasarbanggi Mangrove Bridge Tourist Attraction

The progress of information technology developments in the tourism sector can currently be used to create effective information facilities for tourists. Unfortunately, there are still many tourist attraction managers who have not made optimal use of information technology. One example is what happened at the Pasarbanggi Mangrove Bridge tourist attraction. The main purpose of this research is to create a web-based eco-educational tourism GIS development design to meet the information needs of tourists. The specific objectives of this study include analyzing the condition of the need for providing educational information facilities at the Pasarbanggi Mangrove Bridge tourist attraction, describing the design and development of web-based eco-educational GIS tourism, analyzing the results of web implementation used by experts, and making improvements to the results of the evaluation provided by experts. The research method used is based on the RnD method through the ADDIE approach. The results of the study show that due to the limited capabilities of managers, it is necessary to develop digital education facilities to meet tourist information. The same thing is also expressed by tourists, where tourists need educational facilities to meet information needs and increase knowledge about various aspects (ecological, economic, socio-cultural, and educational aspects) that exist in tourist attractions. The design and development made have also been adjusted to the results of the analysis of the information needs needed by tourists. The web implementation by media and content experts also showed good results although there were small improvements that needed to be made. The results of the evaluation by experts in the form of the addition of satellite image sub-menus, web usage guides, bibliographies, and writing errors have been corrected so that web-based eco-educational GIS to meet the information needs of tourists at the Pasarbanggi Mangrove Bridge Tourist Attraction can be more optimal when used. Keywords: Technology, Website, GIS, Tourism, Information Needs