Abstract

The development of tourist village is a government policy that is expected to improve the economy of the community, expanding the employment vacancies, alleviating poverty. Expanding the employment vacancies that lead to improve the welfare of rural communities. The purpose of this study is to determine the perception and participation of local people in Paksebali in the development of smart eco-village destination in the tourist village of Paksebali, Dawan subdistrict, Klungkung regency. The approach is done by distributing to 30 respondents (Purposive sampling).The collected data were primary and secondary data with the techniques are observation, interview and documentation. The collected data were then analyzed by qualitative descriptive analysis. The results of this study shows that the public perception of the development of smart eco-village Paksebali tourist village is the the public generally has known about the development of tourist villages. The community very agree and support by implementing the sapta pesona (seven ways of enchantment). People hope that the development of tourist village can promote the village and improve the welfare of their life. Community participation in the development of tourist village is done started from planning, developing facilities and infrastructure, managing, and monitoring and evaluation.

Highlights

  • 1.1 Background In the Strategic Plan of Klungkung Regency's Tourism Office in 2013 –2018, Klungkung Regency explained that the vision of Klungkung Regency development is "Realization of Community Based Tourism Based on Tri Hita Karana in Improving the Welfare of Society"

  • The results of this study showed that the perception of the development of smart eco-village Paksebali tourist village has been widely known

  • Tri Hita Karana Community Based contains the understanding of tourism development which always prioritizes community participation in aligning development, which related to God, amongst society, and environment (Tri Hita Karana), the development of tourism that preserve the cultural life of Balinese Hindu society and the tourism which gets world recognition in increasing tourists’ visit

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Introduction

1.1 Background In the Strategic Plan of Klungkung Regency's Tourism Office in 2013 –2018, Klungkung Regency explained that the vision of Klungkung Regency development is "Realization of Community Based Tourism Based on Tri Hita Karana in Improving the Welfare of Society". Referring to the vision of the Tourism Office of Klungkung Regency, the things that need to be done is to develop a safe, comfortable, and attractive tourism destination by promoting the diversity of tourism potential based on Balinese culture which inspired by Hinduism, developing integrated, effective, efficient and qualified tourism marketing; building facilities and infrastructure in harmony, as well as developing good service to the community. In 2016, the Government of Klungkung Regency began working on the concept of City Tour with the aim of boosting the tourists’ visit to the city of Semarapura. The Government conducted the physical development to create branding of Semarapura City as City Tour. According to Infonawacita.com (2017), the government through the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) fully supports the development of villages in Klungkung-Bali as a potential tourist village. The determination of the tourist village will synergize with the discourse of the Bali Government, which targets the development of 100 tourist villages until 2018

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