The Role of Local Communities on the Development of Community-Based Tourism Village in Uitiuhtuan Village, Semau Selatan District

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10.2991/assehr.k.220301.092How to use a DOI?

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role; local community; tourism village development

Abstract

The title of this research is the role of local communities in the development of community-based tourism villages in Uitiuhtuan Village, South Semau District, Kupang Regency. The purposes of this study are 1) To find out the extent of the involvement or role of local communities in the development of community-based tourism villages in Uitiuhtuan tourist villages, 2) How to increase the role of local communities in developing community-based tourism villages in Uitiuhtuan tourist villages, 3) What are the impacts development of a tourist village for the Uitiuhtuan village community. The research method used in this research is descriptive qualitative with one of the data collection techniques is in-depth interview. The results of this study indicate that the community of Pantai Liman tourism village has not been fully involved in every process related to community-based tourism (CBT). This is due to the lack of cooperation between managers, village officials and community leaders. The role of the manager is still very dominant. Therefore, the village government, in this case the village head and his staff, is collaborating with the Liman beach manager and also the provincial government intends to establish a Village-Owned Enterprise (Bumdes) and also a Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis) so that the community is more involved in activities and training in the field of tourism. tourism to improve the human resources of the local community in the tourist village of Uitiuhtuan. The impact of developing a tourist village for local communities has not yet been felt by the community because of the lack of human resources, therefore village officials hope that the establishment of village-owned enterprises (Bumdes) and tourism awareness groups (pokdarwis) can increase the role of local communities and indirectly can realize community-based tourism with symbols of and for the community.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Merlin Luisa Malelak
AU  - Elsa Dian Taimens
AU  - Christina W Plaituka
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/04
TI  - The Role of Local Communities on the Development of Community-Based Tourism Village in Uitiuhtuan Village, Semau Selatan District
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Social Science 2021 (iCAST-SS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 559
EP  - 563
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220301.092
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220301.092
ID  - Malelak2022
ER  -