Abstract
This article describes on how the implementation of good governance is carried out by Padang City Government in sustainable tourism management. This research is aimed to (1) Overseeing the good governance implementation in Padang City Government in term of the development of sustainable tourism destinations. (2) Analyzing the sustainable tourism management viewing it from agency theory. It is a qualitative descriptive research, and performed in Padang City Culture and Tourism Office. More over, data collection utilizes observation, interview, and documentation. The good governance principle employed in this research are accountability, participation, and transparency. The result shows that the implementation of good governance at Padang City Culture and Tourism Office has been achieved well. It is as a result of the agency relationships occured within local government; the relationship with the executive in the role of Culture and Tourism Office, and with public as the community.
Highlights
For the last several years, there has been an increase on interest of domestic and overseas tourist to visit Indonesia
Indonesian government is sorting out this tourism development by increasing local tourism potential
Transparency or openness in the implementation of sustainable tourism development performed by Padang City Culture and Tourism Office is with regard to the transparency on the implementation of public policies
Summary
For the last several years, there has been an increase on interest of domestic and overseas tourist to visit Indonesia. The high interest of these tourists to visit this country is not in line with the increase on the quality, and environtment activity to conserve the nature. The tourism sector has been characterized negatively as it damages environment and social community culture of the tourism destination. Recognizing these emerging issues, Indonesian government has implemented sustainable tourism concept to actualize an adequate tourism development referred to local culture, social acceptance, priority on local people, nondiscriminatory, and eco-friendly. Indonesian government is sorting out this tourism development by increasing local tourism potential. By having the richness in nature and culture, it can make the tourism potential becoming a significant economic sector in Indonesia. Indonesia is one of tourism destinations which has captured the attention of various tourists all over the world (Asmin, n.d.)
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