Abstract
Tourism in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park has been considered important for national earning and local community development. As a conservation area, the development of tourism in Bromo Tengger Semeru should consider conservation principles. The purpose of this research is to identify the challenges of developing tourism events in TNBTS especially dealing with sustainable development. The research method used is qualitative method with descriptive analysis technique. In-depth interviews were conducted to explore the perceptions of the government, organizer, and community regarding the conduct of tourism event in TNBTS. The literature study was conducted to provide more complete data and information. Furthermore, researcher conduct field observations twice, the first observation was during the Yadnya Kasada event and the second one was on normal days. This research has successfully identified three challenges of tourism event development in TNBTS namely the institutional, event sustainability, and rivalry with competitors.Keywords: event tourism, national park, sustainable development.
Highlights
Tourism in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park has been considered important for national earning and local community development
This study shows that the tourism events in TNBTS mostly come from community initiatives
The challenges faced in the development of tourism events in TNBTS include in terms of institutional, sustainability, and competition with competitors
Summary
Tourism in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park has been considered important for national earning and local community development. This research has successfully identified three challenges of tourism event development in TNBTS namely the institutional, event sustainability, and rivalry with competitors. It is defined as something that happens temporarily in order to collect a number of people [1] It usually shows a ritual or ceremony and sometimes, it is a unique activity. Donald Getz used the term tourism event in 1998 to describe the unique activity held by certain attractive people. He adds that tourism event is the whole of planning, developing, and marketing strategy of tourist attractions to maximize the tourist participation either as a main or an alternative attraction [6]. The success of a tourism event cannot be achieved without the service of the event organizer and the atmosphere of the event
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