Abstract

Participation and local wisdom are the basis for building the success of a tourist village. In a participative based tourist village, work opportunities can be created for the local community to help reduce poverty. The development model for a tourist village based on local wisdom provides the opportunity for the community to show the identity of its ecotourism and display its own uniqueness. The goal of the research is to understand the potential of social behavior that occurs in activities between individuals in the community, including aspects of participation and local wisdom in the success of developing organic tourist village. A qualitative research method is used which focuses on an investigation of the way human beings interpret values of local wisdom and the significance of participation in the development of the organic tourist village. In the research of a case study, to collect data which involve various sources of information (observation, interview, focus group discussion, audio-visual material, document, and report). The research results show that the development organic tourist village of Blederan based on participation and local wisdom. It impact to sustainability and independence of the community in resource management.

Highlights

  • Changes in the cultural regime of post modernization gave rise to new forms of tourism, such as pro-poor tourism, community based tourism, and community benefit tourism initiatives

  • In a participative based tourist village, work opportunities can be created for the local community, which help to reduce poverty, where the income from ecotourism is procured from tourism services such as transportation, tourist guides, accommodation, and the sale of local handicrafts

  • The success of introducing sustainable development lies in the support and participation of those involved in the tourism business [6]

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Introduction

Changes in the cultural regime of post modernization gave rise to new forms of tourism, such as pro-poor tourism, community based tourism, and community benefit tourism initiatives. The involvement of the government together with local communities is vital to ensure that the development meets the needs of the community concerned, based on the assumption that the community has more knowledge about the potential of its own area. This is in line with the opinion of [7], namely that a community approach is the standard approach used in the development of a tourist village

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