GEODETA 2019 The 1st International Conference on Geodesy, Geomatics, and Land Administration 2019 Volume 2019 Conference Paper The Impact of Visit Frequency on Kreo Cave Tourism Development N. Bashit, S. Subiyanto, Y. Prasetyo, A. Sukmono, and S. A. Br. Sitepu Geodesy Engineering Dept, Faculty of Engineering, Diponegoro University Jl. Prof. Soedarto SH, Tembalang, Semarang, 50277, Central Java, Indonesia Abstract Kreo Cave is one of the tourist destinations in Semarang City in the form of nature reserve tours. Kreo Cave provides opportunities for the community to improve economic, social and cultural welfare. The existence of Kreo Cave and its tourism development has a very positive potential for various parties such as the government, the community, tourists so that Kreo Cave has the value of tourism potential that can support the development of Semarang City. Visitors to Kreo Cave experience an increase every year so that it can be said that tourism objects have developed. Therefore, this study conducts an economic assessment of the area of Kreo Cave which has undergone development. Based on these, the frequency of tourist visits can be analyzed to determine the direction of development of attractions. Tourism development can be seen using the Travel Cost Method (TCM) and Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) to determine the WTP (Willingness to Pay) value to see the development of Total Economic Value (TEV) tourism from Kreo Cave. This research produce total economic value (TEV) from the Kreo Cave of Rp. 463,392,708,190, - in 2015, Rp. 373,242,613,540, - in 2016 and Rp. 552,610,924,100 in 2017. These results indicate an increase in the value of TEV in Kreo Cave between 2015 and 2017. Keywords: contingent valuation method, frequency of visits, Kreo Cave, total economic value and travel cost method 1. Background Kreo cave is one of the tourist destinations in the city of Semarang. The Kreo Cave Tourism Area is a 5.6-hectare forest area located in the hills (Mount Krincing) and the Kreo River valley, precisely in Hamlet Talun Kacang, Kandri Village, Gunung Pati District [1]. Kreo Cave is a cave that is used as a nature reserve tour because as a place to stay in Sunan Kalijaga when looking for teak wood to build the Great Mosque of Demak. Kreo Cave has a waterfall with clear water quality and is not dry in the dry season and there is a monkey ecosystem as a cave dweller. Kreo Cave has a more enchanting beauty with the land functioning at the bottom as a reservoir. Kreo Cave How to cite this article: N. Bashit, S. Subiyanto, Y. Prasetyo, A. Sukmono, and S. A. Br. Sitepu, (2019), ``The Impact of Visit Frequency on Kreo Cave Tourism Development'' in The 1st International Conference on Geodesy, Geomatics, and Land Administration 2019, KnE Engineering, pages 313--322. DOI 10.18502/keg.v4i3.5872 Page 313 Corresponding Author: N. Bashit nurhadi.bashit@live.undip.ac.id Received: 10 August 2019 Accepted: 25 November 2019 Published: 26 December 2019 Publishing services provided by Knowledge E N. Bashit et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. Selection and Peer-review under the responsibility of the GEODETA 2019 Conference Committee.