RURAL TOURISM COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT BASED ON LOCAL RESOURCES FOR IMPROVING COMMUNITY WELFARE: Case on Pentingsari Village, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Purwaningsih, Anna and Pudianti, Anna and Surya, Reni Vita (2014) RURAL TOURISM COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT BASED ON LOCAL RESOURCES FOR IMPROVING COMMUNITY WELFARE: Case on Pentingsari Village, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Jurnal Ekonomi Akuntansi. p1-18.

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Abstract

Yogyakarta is the second tourist destination in Indonesia after Bali. It offers rural tourism as alternative tourist attractions in a natural and cultural heritage scheme which has been the mainstay of the local government . Rural tourism offer the tourist experience into a new way with direct involvement in the daily life of the rural community. The rural tourism is managed by the rural community itself (called as CBT-Community Based Tourism). This study aimed to measure the success of community empowerment through the rural tourism based on local resources to improve the community welfare. In addition, it introduces a combination of variables that define the economic, social and environment aspect. The study takes place in Pentingsari Village, which has a unique nature and society as a main source of their rural tourism . The quantitative and qualitative empirical research measured based on local resources from the economic, social and physical environment point of view. The method used to explore the changes before and after a rural tourism development. The result clearly demonstrate that the community empowerment came from themself based on local wisdom and that the communnity could change the limitation of their village location become the advantage of their welfare.

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