THE SUITABILITY ECOTOURISM BEACH BASED GEOSPATIAL IN PADANG CITY – INDONESIA : CASE STUDY OF CATEGORY RECREATION BEACH AND MANGROVE
Padang city has a coastline 80.24 km with a water area 72,000 ha, and 19 small islands. Overall, coastal in Padang City consists of beach sloping 41.52 km, cliff 22.08 km, muddy 8.19 km, and type of artificial beach in form of building coastal protection. The research aims at identifying suitability for ecotourism beach (category of recreation beach and mangrove). The methodology used ie with the matrix of suitability ecotourism beach using geospatial approach. Research results for suitability category recreation beach in 24 locations in beach Padang City 18 locations are in the category of very suitable with a value 82.28 % and only beach in Bung Hatta University are in category conditional with a value 27 %. Suitability category ecotourism mangrove in 19 locations in beach Padang City 6 location is in a category is in accordance with a value 92.11 % and 4 location is in a category conditional/not suitable to value 50.88 %.