Abstract
Development in coastal border areas is an important priority for addressing social and economic disparities and conflict through empowerment programs. The objective of the research is to analyze the empowerment as community learning based on ecotourism of coastal border. This research uses qualitative method in which Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and data collection is conducted through in-depth interview, observation, documentation analysis, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and Participatory Decision Making (PDM). The research takes place in the border area of West Kalimantan namely Sebubus Village and Temajuk Village, Paloh Subdistrict, Sambas District. The informants are determined through purposive sampling consisting of empowerment activists, community leaders, village government, business groups, academics, and tourists. Data is analyzed using SWOT analysis. The results show (1) to develop ecotourism potential of mangrove forest and food processing from mangrove fruit, turtle breeding, and coastal tourism, a participatory and sustainable empowerment of community learning program is necessary. (2) Youth figures as community learning activists of ecotourism empowerment along with community leaders need support and cooperation from village and local government, as well as private parties. (3) Temajuk village in particular requires the improvement of road infrastructure, electrical lighting and telecommunication signals in order not to cause social and economic dependency and jealousy with Malaysian border areas.
Highlights
The West Kalimantan region is nicknamed as the "Thousand Rivers" province because it has hundreds of large and small rivers that are often passed through by sailing boats
The research location was determined in Sebubus Village and Temajuk Village, Paloh Subdistrict, Sambas District, West Kalimantan Province, considering that besides being a coastal area and border with Sarawak Malaysia, these villages are areas that have great potential as a tourist village
Sambas District has a village on the western edge of Borneo island that is Temajuk Village which is formed in 2002 as the extension of Sebubus Village
Summary
The West Kalimantan region is nicknamed as the "Thousand Rivers" province because it has hundreds of large and small rivers that are often passed through by sailing boats. This region is bordered by Malaysia's Sarawak state and according to the report of the Directorate General of Development of Disadvantaged Regions in 2017, one of its districts, Sambas is still one of the disadvantaged areas. Sarosa (2011) states that most of the border areas are poor and underdeveloped, but the focus of border area problem is on security. If there is rain as we experienced ourselves people riding vehicles have difficulty to pass the bridge or road where most of the roads are still soil which has not been covered by the asphalt
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