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The Concepts of the Rinjani Trek Management Board |
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The
Rinjani Trek is managed by a unique partnership of National Park, tourism
industry and the local community. Activities focus in the Community - run
cooperatives at Rinjani Trek Centre ( RTC ) in Senaru and the Rinjani
Information Centre ( RIC ) in Sembalun Lawang. Under the guidance of the
Rinjani Trek Management Board ( RTMB ), each are run by a stakeholders'
committee who look after roster systems for guides and porters, village tours,
trek trail maintenance, and handicraft sales. Revenue from tourism activities
and entry fees is used for conservation, training and management of the Rinjani
Trek, thus ensuring sustainability.
Conceptually,
the project started with three stakeholder circles labeled "Park Management",
"Community Development" and "Tourism". Whit Project assistance, the Park set
out to engage with the stakeholder groups in each of the circles, independently
at first and then, as the groups got used to deal with each other, increasingly
together. This approach recognized that it takes time for the multi-skilled
"cross-over" people that ecotourism requires (people who can operate in between
the circles) to emerge.
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