Abstract
Curug Cipendok is one of natural tourism destinations in Banyumas Regency. As an icon of Banyumas tourism destination, the development of Curug Cipendok has the potentials to increase economic benefit to local communities. Related to the tourism development program based on ecological conservation and effort to provide economic contribution to local community in the surrounding area, this research made an attempt to describe how the tourism object would generate benefit to the local community. This research found out that local community considered that the development project of Curug Cipendok tourist attraction has not provided direct impact to the economic benefit. The community has received indirect impact such as street maintenance and other transportation infrastructure. Related to strategies to develop the economy of local community at Cipendok area the policies to be implemented are; 1) synchronizing interests of local government and PT Perhutani to optimize the utilization of natural forest to local community in ecological conservation scheme; 2) leading to active collaboration among local government and PT Perhutani involving university and private sector to establish strategies, and implementing the strategies to support in creating creative industrial products and increase farming value added to local community; and 3) developing regulation focusing on environmental support capability to control any negative impacts of tourism development, including protection to local heritage.
Highlights
Tourism according to the applicable law is all tourism-related and multidimensional and multidisciplinary activities that arise as a manifestation of the needs of every person and country, as well as the interaction among tourists, local community, fellow tourists, government, local government, and employers (Law No 10/2009 on Tourism)
In its position as a driver of the economy, tourism serves as ecotourism, which is an effort to explore the economic benefits of tourism activities
The development of tourism in the region is directed to the improvement of the tourism sector to become a reliable sector capable of mobilizing regional economic activities, especially the local economy
Summary
Tourism according to the applicable law is all tourism-related and multidimensional and multidisciplinary activities that arise as a manifestation of the needs of every person and country, as well as the interaction among tourists, local community, fellow tourists, government, local government, and employers (Law No 10/2009 on Tourism). Demartoto (2009) states that the participation of local community in the management of natural tourist areas is able to drive socio-economic development and provide income sources for. The researches on the empowerment of tourism-based local economy have been widely conducted Some of these researches are: 1) Sukmana (2010) concludes that the development pattern of flower tourist village in Batu City tourist area in Malang is a good concept model in community empowerment program based on potential and local value. Related to ecological-based tourism development and the need to contribute to the community around the tourist attraction, the effort should be made to explore the benefits of the development of Cipendok tourist attraction for the surrounding community. SWOT analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat) is based on the logic to maximize the strength of internal factors and opportunity of external factors, while simultaneously minimize internal weakness and reduce disturbance factor and potential external threat
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