Tourist destination boosting after planning and air transport integration: Societal impacts  review of research outcomes

This study reveals the condition of tourism infrastructure developments marine park in eastern Indonesia and air connectivity has gradually been integrated following the increasing number of foreign tourist visits to North Sulawesi.  There are several research results focusing on planning air route development and arrival impacts in world-class marine park tourism spread across Eastern Indonesia. For this reason, this study describes social impacts based on research findings from several articles that have been published in conventional journals, and refers to an ongoing research project examining tourist destinations as “New Bali” in Bunaken Marine Park in North Sulawesi.  The main social impacts can be summarized as: (i) social and economical impact;(ii) connectivity tourists desination impact(iii) and ecological impact.   . 

Key words: tourist boosting, connectivity impact, economic impact, eastern Indonesia.