Abstract
The tourism industry is one of the primary needs for the life of modern society today. Because of these factors, it makes the need for recreation or tourism increases. East Sakerta Tourism Village is one of the leading tourist destinations in the Kuningan Regency. This village has a long history and interesting community culture, but not many people know about it. This study aims to investigate the history of the East Sakerta Village as a popular tourist destination in West Java. The research method used is a qualitative method. This data collection method is carried out using the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) method. Primary data collection was carried out directly and purposive sampling by interviewing key people, namely the village government apparatus, tourism community leaders (kompepar), and the community. FGD method was used to find out about the history, legends, and culture of the East Sakerta Village. The results of FGD findings consist of the religion, the history of the village, the local culture, the historical sites, the myths and legend, and the philosophy of Sakerta Timur Village. The philosophy concept is "Tumaritis" which is a village in the Sundanese and Javanese puppet which has a philosophy of mutual protection, security, and prosperity.
Highlights
Tourism is an activity of traveling both individuals and groups from a place to stay to a interesting place to get experience outside of their daily activities in a temporary time
General information of East Sakerta, the location of East Sakerta Village is in Darma District, Kuningan Regency, West Java, with an area of 276,078 ha
Sakerta Timur Village is divided into two hamlets, 2 Rukun Warga (RW) and 12 Rukun Tetangga (RT), and has a population of 2,360 people (1,257 men and 1,103 women) with 703 households
Summary
Tourism is an activity of traveling both individuals and groups from a place to stay to a interesting place to get experience outside of their daily activities (work, school, take care of the household, and other) in a temporary time. Based on the understanding of these tourism activities, it is seen that several important components make the process happen These components are residence, travel, tour operators, and destination. Holden in Adriani et al (2016) states that tourism has proven successful as a catalyst for economic development because tourism is able to bring financial benefits to the local community, regional and state governments. This economic benefit can be seen from how many (a) the number of tourist arrivals; (b) total expenditure from tourists; (c) length of tourist visits; and (d) world tourism market share
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