Abstract
<p>Currently, Tourism is an inseparable part of life in modern society. Tired with routine urban activities, triggering the development of nature tourism as a place of recreation that is most in demand. Therefore, this research was conducted to determine the role of community participation and land-use change in the Kampoeng Ciherang Tourism Area, to realize sustainable tourism management in the Covid-19 pandemic. The method used in this research was data collection using primary and secondary data, by directly observing the current conditions of Kampoeng Ciherang Tourism Area, which was supported by the availability of secondary data from the relevant agencies. This research discussed community participation in the management of Kampoeng Ciherang Tourism Area, and the impact on land use from tourism activities, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of this study indicated that in managing tourism, the Tourism Area of Kampung Ciherang had not been able to realize sustainable tourism management especially during the Covid-19 pandemic period, this could be seen from the low level of community participation because tourism management was still fully held by the private sector as the owner of facilities and infrastructure and government as supervisors, even though the change in land use did not experience significant changes at the tourist site. If it does not pay attention to sustainable tourism management, it is feared that in the future there will be an uncontrolled conversion of land from these activities.<strong></strong></p>
Highlights
Tourism is an overall complex and dynamic cause-and-effect system, one of which is ecotourism as a profitable business opportunity and employment opportunities for local people, so stakeholders need to pay attention to sustainability to encourage eco-tourism to a higher level
Based on the results of field observations and interviews with the community in Ciherang Tourism Village, about community involvement in communicating thoughts, construction of tourist objects and provision of tourist facilities (Power), and ownership of business assets to develop Ciherang Tourism Village, it was found that the level of community participation was at grade to -1 (30%)
This was because in community decision making only acts as informants, workers, and food business owners in tourism objects while for the provision of tourism facilities and infrastructure, as well as ownership of tourism assets managed by private companies under the management of Perhutani KPH Sumedang BKPH Manglayang Timur RPH Cijambu, the establishment of Forest Village Community Institutions (LMDH) (Table 2)
Summary
Tourism is an overall complex and dynamic cause-and-effect system, one of which is ecotourism as a profitable business opportunity and employment opportunities for local people, so stakeholders need to pay attention to sustainability to encourage eco-tourism to a higher level. Some indicators to review the sustainability of the tourism sector can be seen from tourism planning and management, by taking into account the relevance of the tourism destination with the goals of sustainable development, the government sector, the sector stakeholders involved, as well as the difference between subjective and objective indicators (Rasoolimanesh., et al, 2020) This highlights the importance of sustainable tourism to be considered because the negative impact on the environment from the existence of tourism activities becomes difficult to separate, such as the impact of congestion which indirectly affects the image of the city that is the tourist location (Lee & Xue, 2020). Sustainable Development Goals is a comprehensive and integrated framework by all countries with overall
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