Community Based Tourism Development as a Community Economic Development Strategies in the District of South Middle East NTT

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10.2991/assehr.k.210424.097How to use a DOI?

Keywords

community based tourisme, economic, development, district TTS

Abstract

The research method used is descriptive qualitative, with research and development procedures developed by Borg and Gall with adaptations and modifications in stages. The research is planned for one year. The technique of collecting data is through the stages of observation, interviews and focus group discussions and documentation. Research activities consist of preliminary studies, conceptual modeling, validation and revision, and model testing. Researchers act as active instruments in an effort to collect data in the field. The research subjects were the head and field expert staff of the Culture, Tourism, Youth and Sports Service as key informants. Supporting informants are tourists, community leaders and community actors who live around tourist objects in the South Central East Regency. Data analysis use interactive analysis model from Miles and Huberman. The results of this study indicate: (1) The efforts of the South Central East Regency Government in developing CBT as a strategy for community economic empowerment are through: (a) Tourism awareness socialization development programs and tourist destinations, (b) tourism marketing development programs, and (c) partnership development. (2) Types of tourism that have the potential to be developed into community-based tourism in the South Central East Regency include nature tourism, cultural tourism, educational tourism, handicraft and culinary tourism. (3) The factors inhibiting the development of CBT in the South Middle East District are: (a) infrastructure that is not yet supportive, (b) community participation in developing tourism is still low, and (c) partnerships have not been maximally established. (4) There is no collaboration between Higher Education Institutions, Local Governments and Communities in developing CBT as a strategy for community economic empowerment.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zainuddin Adang Djaha
AU  - Hapsa Usman
AU  - Deetje Wieske Manuain
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/26
TI  - Community Based Tourism Development as a Community Economic Development Strategies in the District of South Middle East NTT
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Social Science (ICAST-SS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 499
EP  - 502
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210424.097
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210424.097
ID  - Djaha2021
ER  -