Abstract

The tourism sector is one of the effective methods for reducing poverty and inequality for communities in the world. The Community Based Tourism (CBT) is a concept of participation of a community in an area to support tourism activity. The development of a tourist village using the concept of sustainable development should be developed in the Osing Tourism Village. The purpose of this study is to analyze the implementation of CBT carried out by all related parties, namely the Kemiren Village government, the private sector and the village community in supporting Sustainable tourism. This research is a descriptive analytical study with qualitative method approach to obtain propose objective. The research held in Kemiren Village, Glagah District, Banyuwangi Regency, East Java Province. Kemiren Village represents the criteria for research, which is one of the Tourism Villages so called Osing Traditional Village, have elements of culture, environment and economy. The data collection techniques use in- depth interviews, documentation, observation and focus group discussion (FGD). The synergy between the tourism driving community of the Osing Traditional Village, the government, and the community greatly contributes to increasing sustainable tourism which is not only oriented towards the economy but also socio-culture and the environmental continuity.

Highlights

  • Today the tourism sector has become one of the sectors that supports the economic growth of a country

  • Community Based Tourism (CBT) that goes well will encourage sustainable tourism. This can be seen from the results of our research in the Osing Traditional Village, we found a balance between economy, social, culture, technology and the environment

  • Community Based Tourism (CBT) The Osing Traditional Village in general has fulfilled the principles of developing CBT which is supported by the government, community and private sector

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Introduction

Today the tourism sector has become one of the sectors that supports the economic growth of a country. The tourism sector is an effective method for reducing poverty and inequality in several local economic communities in the world [1, 2, 3]. T Dangi and T Jamal explained that the dimensions in the development of CBT must be reviewed and identified in order to know which dimensions still require special attention from all parties [12] Traditional communities such as rural communities in Taiwan [13], fishing community [14], small island community [15], and communities in Australia [16], implementing CBT development has been proven to have improved the socio-economy of the community

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