Abstract
Community participation in the management of the tourism sector is highly important in supporting the economy of the people of Baloli Village. This study discusses the process of community participation in Baloli Village in improving the economy through the tourism sector. In this study, the researcher applied the descriptive qualitative method. Data were collected through interviews, field studies, and documentation. Informants in this study were selected using a purposive sampling technique. In general, the selected informants were those who understand the problem studied. Those informants were the Village Secretary, the Head of the Community Welfare, Service, and Empowerment Section, visitors, and local people. The results indicated that community participation in tourism development, such as decision making, activity implementation, and utilization of results, is good. However, their participation in monitoring and evaluation is still not optimal. Furthermore, the potential of the tourism objects in Baloli Village is not developed maximally, such as many supporting facilities that have not been fully ideal.
Highlights
Tourism is one of the sectors that can increase the country’s original income apart from oil and taxes (CessarioSutrisno, 2013)
Participation in decision making is conducted by fostering community participation through meetings that involve the local community in the decisionmaking process related to programs that will be carried out in the region
This study focused on community participation in tourism development in Baloli Village based on Totok Mardikanto’s theory
Summary
Tourism is one of the sectors that can increase the country’s original income apart from oil and taxes (CessarioSutrisno, 2013). The tourism sector plays an important role in improving the Indonesian economy after the role of oil and gas weakens. Tourism is a very promising industry economically so that it needs serious efforts from the government and the local community to develop the possessed tourism objects (Hasan Basri, 2019). Efforts to increase income and people’s welfare through the tourism sector certainly require the availability of tourism objects. The government and all concerned parties must develop these tourism objects. Tourism development is expected to be able to empower people which will improve economic independence and promote poverty alleviation (BteRusdin&Winda, 2020)
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