Evaluation of Community-Based Tourism Village in Kaligono Village, Kaligesing District, Purworejo Regency

Abstract

Tourism is a variety of recreation activities supported by facilities and services provided by the local community, fellow tourists, government, local government, and entrepreneurs. One of the sustainable tourism development principles is the local communities’ participation in tourism planning and management. Local communities, especially local people in tourist areas, are the key because they can provide attractions while determining the quality of tourism products. As a tourism village, Kaligono has diverse natural resource potentials and also local resources. The location of this study is Kaligono Village, Kaligesing District, Purworejo Regency, and was conducted from January to June 2019. The purpose of this study was to identify the potency of the rural landscape in developing village tourism, to identify the potency of socio-cultural in developing community-based tourism villages and to understand the perceptions and preferences of the Kaligono Village community towards the development of community-based tourism villages. The methods implemented were the analysis of suitability and tourist feasibility using the method of interview by questionnaire and observations, analyzing the perceptions and preferences of the community with interview method taken by stratified random sampling, analysis of Community Sustainability Assessment (CSA) using the interview method and SWOT. The results of this study are strategic recommendations for the sustainability of the community-based tourism villages in Kaligono Village, Kaligesing District.