Communities In Tourism Development Research Articles

Studi Identitas Regional untuk Pariwisata Berkelanjutan di Kecamatan IV Koto Kabupaten Agam

Tourism is growing rapidly globally, making an important economic contribution in Indonesia. However, it is necessary to focus on sustainable tourism that considers ecological and cultural aspects. This research aims to identify regional identity for sustainable tourism in IV Koto Sub-district, Agam Regency based on the potential of natural and cultural resources. The research method used in this research is quantitative and qualitative approaches, this research analyzes primary and secondary data to evaluate the attractiveness of natural attractions and cultural elements of interest to local communities. The results showed that the Great Wall of Koto Gadang was the natural attraction with the highest potential as a regional identity, while traditional ceremonies, particularly batagak gala, became the most significant cultural identity. The findings emphasize the importance of utilizing natural and cultural resources in a sustainable manner, involving the active participation of local communities in tourism development.

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT WITH QUALITY TOURISM APPROACH IN ULOS HUTARAJA VILLAGE

This study aims to know the development of the tourism quality in Ulos Hutaraja Village. This study used qualitative research methods. Overall, the quality of tourism in Kampung Ulos Hutaraja is strongly influenced by several factors. First, tangible factors include adequate infrastructure and physical facilities, such as accommodation, transportation, tourist attractions, restaurants and shops that meet quality standards. Second, is the responsiveness factor, which includes the ability of tourism managers to provide services that are responsive to the needs and expectations of tourists. Third, the assurance or guarantee factor involves security, comfort, and trust in the tourism experience. Fourth is the reliability factor, which emphasizes consistency, timeliness, and service continuity. Fifth, the participant factor highlights the participation of local communities in tourism development, which can provide a more authentic experience and protect the environment. Sixth is the accessibility factor, which relates to adequate transportation and infrastructure access. In addition, cultural authenticity is essential in maintaining and promoting local culture as the main attraction for tourists, maintaining cultural integrity and avoiding excessive commercialization. Finally, cohesiveness or harmony is an essential indicator of maintaining a balance between tourism, the environment and local communitiy welfare through natural preservation, cultural preservation, tourism impact research, sustainable policies, fair social and economic benefits, and collaboration with related parties. By paying attention to these factors, Kampung Ulos Hutaraja can build quality, sustainable and beneficial tourism for all parties involved.

A Comparative Analysis on Community Involvement in Tourism Development in Select Areas of Telangana and Maharashtra

The research is focused to identify the community involvement and their experiences in the development of tourism in Telangana and Maharashtra states. The study is initiated and empirically tested based on a conceptual model that includes three factors showing the involvement of community in development of tourism. The tourist activities, integration of community and barriers to tourism development in Telangana and Maharashtra states. The data has been collected from 273 respondents, 139 from Telangana and 134 from Maharashtra respectively and analyzed using a Non parametric statistical tool The Mann Whitney U Test. The result is that there is a significant difference between integration of community and barriers in tourism development among Telangana and Maharashtra states but the opinion stands the same with regard to tourist activities among both the states. The findings of the study concluded that community engagement is very important in the development of tourism sector in any state and they contribute to the development of the state directly or indirectly and the state governments also have to provide the opportunity to the individuals to development the tourism sector that contribute not only the GDP but also to promote the heritage and culture of the respective states. The future research could focus on some more additional factors which may help in the development of the tourism sector.

THE RELEVANCE OF SCUBA DIVING ACTIVITIES AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION ON PANGKOR ISLAND

Scuba diving tourism is one of the tourism products that contributes to Malaysia's economic returns. There are three main issues underlying this research problem, namely the validity of Pangkor Island as a scuba diving tourism destination in Malaysia, the confusion about Pangkor Island's actual status as a scuba diving tourism destination in Malaysia based on tourism agency promotions and souvenir sales, and past studies conducted by local scholars. To obtain validity, several stakeholders were made respondents of the study, namely foreign tourists, local residents, and resort entrepreneurs. This study aims to identify the characteristics of tourist attractions on Pangkor Island based on the perceptions of foreign tourists and local communities, examine the involvement of local communities in tourism development, and the level of their knowledge about scuba diving tourism. Furthermore, it examines whether this activity is a characteristic attraction that drives international tourists to visit Pangkor Island based on the stated attraction characteristics and the scuba diving activity service offerings by hotel and resort entrepreneurs there. This study uses a quantitative approach and is supported by a qualitative approach. The research methods used are face-to-face interviews using questionnaires, observations, and in-depth interviews. The study's findings on 125 foreign tourists, 179 local communities, and 42 hotels and resorts show that Pangkor Island is not relevant as a scuba diving destination. All three stakeholders gave negative responses to this research problem. For foreign tourists, the main attraction stated is the beach and the sea, as well as the attractive natural environment, which is 71.4%. Local community interviews showed that Pangkor Island is not popular as a scuba diving destination, which is 52.0%, and resort analysis found that scuba diving package offerings are only offered by four out of 42 resorts and hotels on the island, and only if there is demand. The study's findings indicate that scuba diving is not popular as a tourist attraction there. Therefore, this study's findings reject the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) statement that places Pangkor Island as a scuba diving tourism destination. In conclusion, this research contributes to the academic discipline, particularly in service geography and tourism, and policy makers such as the Malaysian Ministry of Tourism.

Kajian peraturan daerah Kabupaten Pangandaran nomor 14 tahun 2015 tentang penyelenggaraan kepariwisataan di Kabupaten Pangandaran terhadap pembentukan kompepar

Pangandaran is one of the regencies with the greatest potential in the tourism sector, where the tourism sector is the leading sector that generates the largest regional income for the Pangandaran Regency. Regional tourism potential that is used as a tourist object and attraction can be in the form of natural conditions, flora, fauna, regional culture of Pangandaran Regency and national culture both in the form of ideas, social life or in the form of the work of the people in Pangandaran Regency. To achieve this, the role of the community in tourism development in Pangandaran Regency through Kompempar must accommodate the aspirations of all tourist destination objects in Pangandaran Regency. This is in accordance Pangandaran Regency Regional Regulation Number 14 of 2015 concerning the Implementation of Tourism in Pangandaran Regency.

Enhancing The Socio-Cultural Aspects of Pilgrim Town: Case of Nashik

Enhancing The Socio-Cultural Aspects of Pilgrim Town: Case of Nashik

Community Participation in Tourism Development at the Macaronis Tourism Attraction, Silabu Beach, Mentawai Islands

This research aims to describe the participation of the Silabu community in tourism development at the Macaronis tourist attraction on Silabu Beach, Mentawai Islands. This type of research is descriptive-qualitative, the research subjects were chosen using purposive sampling, with the criteria for the research subjects being the local government and some members of the community. The techniques and data collection used are literature study and field study. Based on the research results, it was found that the participation of the Silabu community in developing the Macaronis tourist attraction was very instrumental in the establishment of this tourist attraction. Starting with proposing policies and hopes from the community for the development of the Macaronis tourist attraction area. Community participation in the field of facilities and infrastructure is something that has a big influence. The community as a workforce is the spearhead of a job, especially for this tourist spot, which requires quite a lot of energy, hard work, skills, and abilities. The obstacles encountered in developing tourism at the Macaronis Beach Silabu tourist attraction in the Mentawai Islands are that some participants have a top-down participation type or forced participation type, limited accessibility, especially land road access, availability of facilities and infrastructure, especially parking areas and counters in the Macaronis tourist attraction area, as well as limited human resources, both people employed and skills and abilities that still need to be improved, especially in service. Efforts made to overcome obstacles in developing tourism at the Macaronis Beach Silabu tourist attraction in the Mentawai Islands are in terms of community participation motivating each other to participate, in terms of limitations and availability of accessibility, facilities, and infrastructure, the efforts made are that the government continues to negotiate with superiors for an additional budget for improving access and completing facilities and infrastructure at the Macaronis tourist attraction.

Development of The Semarang Bridge Fountain as The Newest Tourism Destination in Semarang

The development of increasingly competitive tourism to boost regional income and grow the economy from the tourism sector certainly opens up space to explore regional potential through tourism development, one of which is the development of the Semarang bridge fountain as the newest tourist destination in Semarang, Central Java, which is interesting to study. The purpose of this research is to develop bridge fountain tourism and to know the Semarang government's strategy for developing bridge fountains and how the role of the community in tourism development. This research uses a qualitative research model. The results of this study found that in the development of a bridge fountain, there are two factors, namely internal and external, internal factors consist of: 1) manager or organization, 2) human resources, 3) relations between human resources, 4) accessibility, 5) facilities, 6) potential and 7) funding. While external factors consist of 1) regulation, 2) competitors, 3) tourists, 4) market share, 5) technology, and 6) promotion. From the results of the study it can be concluded Semarang Bridge Fountain is the newest tourist destination in Semarang City which is managed by the government, namely the Semarang City Public Works Department by presenting its main potential, namely dancing fountains. The Semarang City Public Works Service has created a team of Semarang Bridge Fountain (SBF) Field Officers who are always on guard at the location and have good communication relationships and the Semarang Bridge Fountain is in a strategic location. But it is very unfortunate because there is no cooperation with the surrounding community, the facilities that are owned are still lacking and requires the development of dancing fountains so that they are not boring.

Community Based Tourism Development: Studi on Lake Pading Tourism in the Lubuk Besar Sub-Districk Village, Central Bangka Regency

ABSTRACT
 Community-based tourism development is a tourism model that emphasizes the active role of the community in tourism development. The community is a group of youth who are members of a tourism awareness group organization. The tourism awareness group is Pokdarwis Pelintar Perlang Village, Central Bangka Regency. One of the tours currently being developed is Pading Lake tourism which is a former tin mining area. In this study there is social capital as a strength possessed by youth groups to achieve common goals both socially and economically. Social capital arises in this environment because of the interactions that exist within a group which are influenced by trust, rules or norms and social networks. The aim of this research is to find out and describe the strategy for developing padding lake tourism in Perlang Village, knowing the opportunities and challenges in developing pading lake tourism which of course cannot be separated from the inhibiting factors. This research method uses a descriptive qualitative approach in which there are primary data sources from in-depth interviews with informants. This study took as many as 14 informants with the technique of determining informants using purposive sampling technique. This study uses the theory of Social Capital from Robert Putnam which focuses on three elements, namely trust, norms and social networks. The results of the research show that the development strategy is to develop facilities and infrastructure in the Pading Lake tourist destination area, create business opportunities and tourist attractions (camping ground), improve post-mining land rehabilitation, increase promotion, increase human resources. Then there are inhibiting factors, namely inadequate facilities and infrastructure. Furthermore, the opportunity is to help create business actors. While the challenge is to maintain cohesiveness and convince tourism actors to survive, the ups and downs of visitors. 
 Keywords: Tourism Development, Tourism Awareness Groups, Social Capital

Peran Kelembagaan dalam Pengembangan Desa Wisata Lamajang Kabupaten Bandung dan Dampaknya Terhadap Perekonomian Masyarakat Lokal

This research is aimed to describing institutional capacity and role in the Lamajang Tourism Village development program in Bandung Regency and its impact on the local community's economy. The approach used in this study is a qualitative approach with a case study technique. The cases that were used as study subjects were cases of special groups or communities in tourism development in Lamajang village, including the Lamajang Tourism Village Management Board, Tourism Awareness Group (POKDARWIS) and Karang Taruna as local institutions formed in the tourism village program in Lamajang village, Pangalengan district, Bandung district. An overview of institutional capacities and roles in the development of tourist villages will be described through individual and organizational capacities as well as the four roles carried out by village institutions in tourism village development activities in Lamajang village, namely facilitating, mediating, conveying information, and improving the community's economy in a sustainable manner. The results showed that the Lamajang Tourism Village already had the capacity, both organizational capacity and individual capacity, but tourism development had not significantly impacted the local community's economy because of the condition of the tourism village which was still in the pilot stage. The obstacle is due to the lack of synergy between the tourism village management body and village institutions under the village government such as the Family Welfare Development Group, Forest Village Community Institutions and this tourism activity also has not fully involved the community.

Meaningful community participation for effective development of sustainable tourism: Bibliometric analysis towards a quintuple helix model

Meaningful community participation in tourism is considered a prerequisite for sustainable development at any tourist destination. Due to the growing desirability for development on more sustainable grounds in developed and developing countries, a considerable surge in the emphasis on significance of community participation in tourism sector has been observed in recent years. This led to an increase in the publication of literature on this important and widely recognized phenomenon, both for better understanding and practical reasons. However, there is still no clear picture of the degree and direction in which community participation research in tourism has grown. To address this issue, the current study tried to comprehensively look into the existing state of research in this area of study. This article provides a detailed insight into the literary landscape of community participation research in tourism. A bibliometric analysis of 649 articles screened out of 1434 publications retrieved from Scopus database was conducted. The systematic descriptive and network analysis of bibliometric data using the Biblioshiny and VOSviewer tools yielded some intriguing results. The findings confirm the centrality of community participation in achieving the goal of sustainable development of tourism. This paper while filling the unaddressed gap of the absence of a comprehensive bibliometric study on community participation research in tourism, improves our understanding of the literary landscape and thematic evolution of academic discourse during nearly four decades. Furthermore, a quintuple helix model is proposed to explore and understand the dynamic literary landscape and how it grows and evolves, thus facilitating future research in this area. 1. Meaningful community participation is the key to the sustainable development of tourism at any destination. 2. Despite the complexities involved, the potential role of community participation in mitigating the negative impacts of tourism and its contribution towards achieving sustainable development goals cannot be overlooked. 3. Meaningful community participation should be complemented by socio-economic and political empowerment at tourist destinations. 4. The rapid growth in literature on community participation as explained by the quintuple helix model points towards the growing realization among academicians and practitioners regarding the need for meaningful engagement of destination communities in tourism development.

The existence of tourist visits in samboja, indonesia: a prediction

In the last few decades, tourism communities have continued to improve to develop destination attributes. The interest of tourists is certainly a reference that contains hope and reality after they visit a destination. Samboja is one area that has the most tourist destinations, both at the level of Kutai Kartanegara Regency and East Kalimantan Province (Indonesia). However, their natural destinations as beaches are not yet a priority for the local community, so their income from their development is still minimal. Through a semi-structured survey approach to 185 respondents (visitors) in four predetermined destinations, we dig deeper into the extent of the predictions of the existence of tourist visits (ETV) with several influencing variables. Regression estimates prove that tourist income, travel costs, and travel time have had a significant impact on ETV. From a similar test, the cost of travel to other attractions and facilities actually has an insignificant effect on ETV. The empirical evidence from this study is likely to be the right policy and can be applied by the tourism development community there.

Ungapan Beach: Partner Based Management to Improve a Sustainable Economy

The partnership between the Forest Village Community Institution (LMDH), the Tourism Awareness Group (POKDARWIS), and local communities in tourism development has a very important role. However, research on coastal management partnerships along the Southern Cross Route (JLS) Malang Regency has not been widely conducted. This study aimed to determine: (1) the physical condition of Ungapan Beach, (2) partnership of LMDH, POKDARWIS, and local communities in managing Ungapan Beach, (3) harmonization of partnerships between LMDH, POKDARWIS, and local communities in managing Ungapan Beach, (4) the management based on community partnerships of Ungapan Beach for sustainable community economic improvement. This research design used qualitative and quantitative research (mix method). Data collection was carried out by in-depth interviews, observation, semi-open questionnaires, and documentation. This study indicated that Ungapan Beach has a unique physical condition because it confluences between a river mouth and the sea. The partnership of Ungapan Beach management is carried out by Perhutani partnered with LMDH, and POKDARWIS carries out activities related to the events. The harmonization of the partnership between LMDH, POKDARWIS, and local communities has been shown from various joint management activities at Ungapan Beach in South Malang. LMDH manages beaches, manages parking, tickets, while POKDARWIS manages events for community activities such as shop owners, boat rentals, ATVs, lodging, outbound facilities, and camping equipment rental. The management based on partnership in Ungapan Beach can improve a sustainable economy.

Jerampah: Cultural Capital of the Sambas Malay Community in Supporting the Internalization of the Hospitality Values and Sustainable Tourism

The balanced role of local communities in tourism development will arise in our minds when we discuss sustainable tourism. Dynamic tourism in Indonesia currently offers many strategic issues related to how to involve local communities to support its development, including adapting local values as an optimization strategy for Sapta Pesona Indonesia. On the other hand, local wisdom as cultural capital to support community resilience is very potential in maintaining the balance and sustainability of tourism development. This article aims to describe how the jerampah behavior in the Malay community of Sambas regency can be a potential cultural capital in supporting the internalization of the Sapta Pesona Indonesia program, especially for the hospitality value. A descriptive qualitative approach was used with the main data collection method in the form of interviews, observation, and analysis of secondary data obtained from news content on the tourism agenda in Temajuk Village and its surroundings from 2019 to 2020. It can be concluded that there is relevance between the jerampah behavior and the hospitality indicator in Sapta Pesona Indonesia. This cultural capital has also a social construction based on history. It is manifested in verbal and behavioral forms and relevant to be included in the internalization strategy of Sapta Pesona Indonesia based on local wisdom. Some Research by focusing on the internalization model of sapta pesona is needed for future research with similar themes.

EXPLORING THE ROLE OF LOCAL CHAMPION IN COMMUNITY-BASED RURAL HOMESTAY IN MALAYSIA: A CASE OF HOMESTAY SUNGAI HAJI DORANI

The homestay program is an essential driver for local community empowerment and distributed benefit individually or collectively. Most of the local communities in rural areas are encouraged to participate in this program due to their value-added income and platform to promote the local culture to tourists. However, incompetent leaders to lead Community-Based Rural Homestay (CBRH) become a challenge to homestay operators as they need a proactive leader to manage the activities and tourists at the same time. Poor leadership qualities affect the homestay program from being active in generating income and other benefits for the local community. Indeed, there is a need for the leader in a community project to act as the representative for the local community to guide them as the community may not be ready for the intended changes or development. Ten competencies were identified to explore the characteristics of local champions in the context of CBRH. A single case study has been used whereby this research was taken place at Homestay Sungai Haji Dorani. A mixed-method design is adopted in this research which is involved a questionnaire distributed to the homestay operators and the interview session with the local champion of Homestay Sungai Haji Dorani. The finding was revealed that fairness becomes a dominant competency of the local champion. In a nutshell, the local champion's role is crucial to facilitate the participation of the local community in tourism development. Furthermore, the local champion is also considered one of Malaysia's CBRH factor's internal success factor.

ANALISIS PERAN PEMERINTAH DESA DALAM PENGELOLAAN PARIWISATA MODEL COMMUNITY BASED TOURISM (CBT) DI DESA PENGUDANG KECAMATAN TELUK SEBONG KABUPATEN BINTAN

Community based tourism (CBT) is a concept of tourism management that is closely related to the active participation of communities in tourism development. targets the active roles of communities 
 This form of CBT tourism is organized and owned by communities for the community to help tourists to increase their awareness and learn about local communities and life ordinances.The purpose of this study is basically to know how the management and the role of the village government in CBT management in the village of Telok Sebong Sub-district persecutor Bintan Regency. In this study, the informants consisted of 5 POKDARWIS managers and 2 villager representative. The data analysis technique used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method with a sampling technique. 
 The results of the study concluded that the management of community-based tourism or CBT in Pengudang Village, Telok Sebong District, Bintan Regency has not been maximized because there are still many things that need to be improved.The suggestions given so that Community-Based Tourism in Pengudang Village runs well are increasing the function of BUMDes by paying attention to all POKDARWIS, improving facilities, conducting regular tourism management training, the need for intensive promotions and in hearings activities must include discussion of CBT tourism evaluation.

The Impact of Tourism Development on the Local Communities in Namibia

This article aims to identify and explain the current challenges being faced due to the impact of tourism development on the local communities in Namibia. The State touts Tourism’s socio-cultural benefits through its respective line ministries as highly significant towards the development and economic growth, as articulated in the current National Development Plan (NDP5). ”… The tourism industry is an important contributor to the generation of foreign exchange earnings, investments, revenue, employment, rural development, poverty reduction, and the growth of the country’s economy. Tourism also creates substantial direct and peripheral benefits because of its multiplier effect, based on its reliance on widespread supplies and services” ((NPC), 2017). The Foreign-exchange earnings and balance of payment benefits derived from tourism receipts are considered a double-edged sword. The money spent by tourists in the Namibian economy is significant. Tourism can have both negative and positive impacts on the local community. This desk research found an appalling concern for many developing countries to over-depend on tourism to pursue economic growth and development. It is argued that this serves as a demonstration of how tourism development elevates the prices related to real estate and general costs of goods and services, which eventually leads to inflation. Finally, we assume that self-efficacy positively influences the involvement of local communities in tourism development which has positive implications on their quality of life regarding social and economic bearings. Additionally, local communities should be more supportive and instead have a positive attitude towards tourism development, thus resulting in a more profitable tourism sector. In concluding, the authors viewed that the government should also ensure that the local people are well informed about the importance of tourism, how it impacts economic development and the realization of a sustainable tourism strategy for Namibia.

Factors Influencing Economic Empowerment in Tourism Development

Tourism is believed to be able to empower people economically, both at the individual and community levels, by providing various employment and business opportunities to community members to help alleviate poverty. This study offers insights into community empowerment outcome, particularly in economic dimension, through a quantitative approach. This study aims to identify the level of community empowerment outcome perceived by the local communities in tourism development in their area and analyze the factors that influence the outcome. Employing a mixed-methods approach, this study collected data through household survey, field and participatory observation, and document analysis. The questionnaire responses were analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis (i.e., frequency distribution and cross tabulation) and chi-square analysis. The findings suggest that tourism was able to increase the income of the people working in the tourism sector. However, only several people perceived that tourism could provide benefits for them. Several factors influencing the community perception related to economic empowerment in tourism development were identified. These include involvement in the tourism industry, community culture (kinship), nature of tourism affecting the type of available job, lack of engagement, lack of capital, education, and geographical factors.

Development of Community Tourism Services in Ha Giang Province

Ha, Giang has become an increasingly attractive destination for both domestic and foreign tourists, thanks to its unique natural and social conditions. In particular, community-based tourism is the highlight of the province's tourism when there is a connection of indigenous people to develop tourism. In order for community-based tourism to really develop, tourism services need to be focused on improving quality and diversifying in order to make a difference and retain visitors. The article finds that Ha Giang's tourism products are quite rich but have not yet created specific features and are copied, so they have not increased the spending level of tourists coming to Ha Giang's community-based tourism. Therefore, the group suggested a number of solutions such as: Organizing to upgrade and expand community-based tourism activities, Strengthen and improve the effectiveness of state management of tourism, promote the participation of the local communities in tourism development…Hopefully, these changes will help improve the quality of tourism services and satisfy visitors to Ha Giang.

Local community’s perception on the existing home stay program in Terai and Hilly districts of Nepal

Homestay tourism program is a new part of tourism sector which involved local community in tourism development within their own and surrounding area. It is also lately emerging tourism concept in the world. Nepal is known as an important tourist’s destination and can be a model homestay country with its abundant natural resources, multi culture, multi religion, multi ethnic, tradition life style, archeological heritage, innocent society and community. Due to all these above factors homestay tourism program became the dream for the lover of nature and experts of tourism in Nepal. Homestay program can be easily established, Promoted and developed by minimum investment and based on many aspects such as good service, safety, security, souvenir, family and attractions. It is a major tourism industry for the development of rural economy by generating huge number of employment and social benefits. The major objective of the study is the perception of community towards homestay tourism program. Descriptive and exploratory research design, cross-sectional study design and deductive approach with mixed method have been used in this study. Both primary and secondary data are used simultaneously. Primary data are collected from 348 respondents with three categories of nine study Districts. Similarly, secondary data are collected from various publications of central, state, local Governments, different articles in international journals, books, credible magazines, newspaper, reports prepared by research scholars, experts and universities and different websites etc. Finally, majority of community people have a positive perception towards on existing homestay program in Nepal.