“Comment” As A Development Of Marine Tourism And Flood Disaster Management Based On Go Green At Blendung Beach

Abstract

The phenomenon of tidal waves in coastal areas is a common thing. The Keramat Sari beach is no exception
(people are familiar with Blendung beach) which is located in Blendung Village, Ulujami District, Pemalang
Regency. Around the Pantura, almost every year there are high and low tidal floods. This tidal flood even entered
the houses of the residents. Rob at Blendung Beach has occurred since April until now (November), and reached
the highest rob reaching an adult's foot on June 3, 2020. This tidal flood has greatly impacted the sustainability
of Blendung Beach tourism in terms of the economy of the residents who manage and sell on Blendung Beach.
Moreover, with the Covid-19 pandemic, which has made the economy decline so that the problem is even more
complicated. Therefore, the author offers an idea in the form of "COMMENT" as an effort to empower the
community to develop marine tourism and flood disaster management based on Go Green in Blendung Beach.
COMMENT offers five excellent programs called the 5 Pillars of the COMMENT Program. The five pillars
of the program include (1) a program reforestation (planting trees); (2) the movement of throwing garbage in its
place; (3) clean living culture program; (4) recycle (recycling waste); and (5) a CD (principled management
training programCommunity Development). COMMENT aims to develop marine tourism and flood disaster
management at Blendung Beach. Through this program, it is expected to improve the quality and competitiveness
of Blendung Beach tourism to attract tourists so that later the village economy can grow and develop where it can
meet sustainable economic growth. This scientific article uses a descriptive qualitative method with an approach
Asset, Based, Community, and Development (ABCD)