Management of Aek Buru and Natural Missing Tourism Based on The Community of Batu Tunggal Village, Na IX-X District, Labuhanbatu Utara Regency

Abstract

North Labuhanbatu Regency is one of the regencies in North Sumatra that has a lot of interesting natural tourism potentials, one of which is Aek Buru and Rindu Alam. The place is a natural tourism destination whose development has not yet been maximized to become an attractive natural tourism destination for tourists. The purpose of this research is to find out how the form of community-based Aek Buru and Rindu Alam tourism management. The method used in this research is descriptive method with a qualitative approach. The results showed that the people of Batu Tunggal Village had not played an active role in managing Aek Buru and Rindu Alam tourism. In this case community participation is only temporary. So that tourist destinations such as poorly maintained. As for the inhibiting factors of community participation is the lack of support from local governments in various activities. Then the attitude of the people who depend on the government, the behavior of people who are less friendly in welcoming tourists and inadequate infrastructure conditions