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The Implementation of Community-Based Ecotourism C
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Abstract— Rural tourism is one of the sectors having potency effective in the tourism management of a very vast region as
and opportunity to develop as the optimization of rural resources Banyuwangi.
in the fighting against poverty. One of the approaches which can
be used to develop rural tourism activities is Community-based Recently, the regional government promotes sustainable
Ecotourism (CBE) concept in the form of tourism village. rural tourism development. Other than having big potency of
Different from conventional tourism, CBE gives direct impact to natural tourism objects (beaches, parks, forest and geology),
the area conservation, takes role in the local community Banyuwangi is also supported by tailor-made tourist attractions
economic empowerment efforts and enhances both sustainable still related to natural and cultural tourism characterized by
conservation and development. traditional lifestyles and historical heritage. The passion for
conducting tourism village development grows from a belief
This research-based article aims at 1. identifying and that tourist attraction potencies owned by the regency such as
assessing rural potencies and tourist attractions in Osing culture- nature, culture and traditions can entice both the domestic or
based village in Tourism Development Zone 1 (TDZ 1) of international tourists to come. The opportunity occurs by the
Banyuwangi regency; 2. analyzing the readiness of both CBE focus shifting of psycho-graphical and demographical aspects
implementation and the community; and 3. designing guidelines of tourists (either individual or group) all over the world
of tourism village development strategy with CBE concept. stepping aside from a massive conventional tourism to the kind
of alternative tourism form giving more responsibility to the
The research takes place in Kemiren Village of Glagah
District Banyuwangi because Kemiren is considered as the most
environment (Mowforth & Munt, 1998; Cooper & Hall, 2008;
representative of Osing culture-based indigeneous villages. The Fandeli, 2002; Damanik & Weber, 2006).
tourist attraction assessment is based on 5 aspects: attractions, The number of tourism villages in Indonesia has sharply
accessibility, condition of socio-economic environments, increased from year to year. According to Ministry of Tourism
accommodation and supporting facilities. The readiness data, Indonesia in 2012 has already had 978 tourism villages
assessment of CBE development is based on 4 scoring aspects: and in 2014 the number becomes not more than 1400. The
socio-economic, environmental, and management aspects. The
development of tourism village and its technicalities needs
community readiness assessment in the tourism village
development with CBE concept is based on the community
strategy and supports from the whole community members and
characteristics, perception, participation and wishes. Each of the stakeholders. Some experts relate the term tourism village to
assessment result will be analyzed and ranked in 5 scoring tourism activities growth in rural areas (Parekh, 2010; Page &
classes: very good, good, medium, bad and very bad.) Getz, 1997:4). Tourism village can be defined as a village
designed consciously- or naturally having capability- to attract
Keywords— tourism village; CBE; development strategy visitors to come because of the natural and cultural attraction
potencies. The concept used by the planners of rural tourism
development in Indonesia is the one defined as “integrated
form of attractions, accommodation and supporting facilities
I. INTRODUCTION presented in a structure of community life comingled with the
Tourism in these five years has been recognized as one of local traditions” (Tourism Minister of Indonesian Republic,
the potential winnings and basis for the economic growth in 2011). The operational definition functions as a basis for the
Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Indonesia. The government policies on rural tourism development in Indonesia. Therefore,
optimizes the management of abundant natural resources and the term tourism village can be defined as similar to rural
diverse culture in this field by launching The Triangle tourism.
Diamond as the brand for its Tourism Development Zones Compared to the concept of tourism village, rural tourism is
(TDZ): Ijen Zone (TDZ I), Plengkung Zone (TDZ II) and often found in diverse academic publications (Youell, 1996;
Sukamade Zone (TDZ III). The zonation system proved to be Page and Getz, 1997; Kuvacic, et al., 2010; Chuang, 2010).
However, there are no significant differences between them.
Having summarized some experts’ theories, Chuang Osing culture-based tourism village in Banyuwangi Regency;
(2010:1313) and Kuvacic, et al., (2010: 1648) then formulate and (3). setting the direction of the development strategy of
the definition of rural tourism by referring to a geographical tourism village by using CBE concept in Osing culture-based
sphere having indigenous characteristics comprising traditional tourism village in Banyuwangi Regency. The research location
culture, agriculture, inlands and also simple lifestyles where is Kemiren Village in Glagah District - Banyuwangi, which is
tourism activities take place. The context of space, then, the most representative of Osing culture-based villages in
becomes important in positioning activities and impacts of Banyuwangi.
rural tourism development. Another expert defines rural
tourism as “one of the forms of sustainable development that, The Primary and secondary data are collected by library
through promoting productivity in rural zones, 1) brings about study, observation, interview and questionnaire. The
employment, income distribution, preservation of village assessment method of tourist attractions and objects is based on
environment and local culture, 2) raising local community the assessment criteria having been determined in the Scoring
participation and 3) presenting appreciate methods to conform Guidance of Tourist Attractions (Department of Tourism and
beliefs and traditional values with new circumstances” Culture 2001). The assessment of tourism objects and
(Youell, 1996: 136). Rural tourism as an alternative tourism attractions is based on 5 aspects: attractiveness, accessibility,
economic and social condition, accommodation and other
proved to be able in contributing positive impacts to social,
economic, and cultural resources of rural zones. supporting facilities. The assessment method of the readiness
on CBE development follows the standardized design of CBE
Rural tourism considered as a sector with potency and made by WTO (2004) and INDECON (2008). The assessment
opportunity to develop as a form of optimizing rural resources on the readiness of CBE development is based on 4 aspects:
in fighting against poverty. Recent development in tourism socio-economic, socio-cultural, environment and management
field has increased the tendency to manage local potencies, aspects. The assessment method of the community readiness is
especially of villages, by using community-based strategy. As done through questionnaires distributions . The assessment on
an alternative tourism, tourism village development is based on the readiness of tourism village development by using CBE
the local potencies and unique characteristics: flora, fauna, concept is based on the characteristics, perception, participation
traditional house, natural views, climate, traditional food, and wishes of the community. The respondents are 30 Kemiren
handicrafts, traditional arts and customs, etc. The management people determined by random sampling technique.
of rural tourism resources should be supported by the
community and stakeholders. Started from this point, then their Data analysis technique is used to evaluate the 3
position becoming very important not only as an effort in components of assessment (tourism objects and attractions,
making them magnets for tourist coming, but also more as the readiness in the CBE development and community readiness in
preservation of ecological and cultural resources. the ecotourism development). Data related to the three
assessment components will be counted to determine the score
The growth of tourism development not only gives social, of each component by using the following equation (Untari,
economic, and cultural implications for society, but also 2006):
provides negative impacts if it is not well-prepared and
managed. One of the approaches to develop rural tourism is the S=NxB
Community-based Ecotourism (CBE) concept in the form of Notes:
tourism village. Different from conventional tourism, CBE is a S=Score; N=Total score of items on the criteria; B= Weight
concept of tourism development giving direct impacts to the
area conservation, takes role in the local community economic Assessment is classified based on the total number of each
empowerment, and enhances sustainable development. assessment component. The range of assessment classification
The article is based on a research conducted at Kemiren will be counted by using the following equation (Untari, 2006):
Village in the TDZ I. Kemiren is blessed with tourism
potencies which are based on the traditions, customs, culture
and arts of Osing people regarded as the indigenous people of Range = Smax-Smin
Banyuwangi. Kemiren tourism village has made continual K
Notes:
progress since the launching of tourism village concept as an Range = Range of score in the determination of assessment classification
alternative tourism in Indonesia. Development of Kemiren range; Smax= Highest score; Smin=Lowest score; K=The number of
tourism village could give positive impact not only for the assessment classification
environment and economy, but also for empowering the local
Each of the assessment result will be analyzed and
people of Kemiren. Based on these conditions, therefore, the
classified into 5 ranks: very good, good, medium, bad and
aim of this study is to analyze the implementation of CBE
very bad. As perfection, SWOT analysis is done to formulate
concept in Osing tourism village development strategy.
tourism village development strategy by using CBE concept.
II. METHOD
The article is based on a research aiming at (1). identifying III. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
and assessing the tourist attractions and objects in Osing Kemiren is both a tourism village and Osing cultural
culture-based tourism village in Banyuwangi Regency; heritage lies in the main road to the famous Ijen Crater.
(2). analyzing the readiness level of CBE implementation in Kemiren inhabited by 2.577 people in an area comprising
included in the calendar of tourism events published by the (bad); 1.391-1.080 (very bad)
Fig. 2. Gandrung dance and Barong performance art - two Osing traditional
arts - which become parts of tourism attractions in Kemiren.
B. The Readiness Assessment of CBE Implementation in D. Internal Factor Analysis Summary (IFAS) and External
Kemiren Factor Analysis Summary (EFAS) of Ecotourism
Development in Kemiren
CBE is an ecotourism concept of development which
both involves and posits the local community as the total In order to determine the strategy for developing
ecotourism in Kemiren, the reseachers do SWOT (strength,
controller in its management and development so that it
weakness, opportunity and threat) analysis based on the result
contributes to society like increasing the local community of the assessment on the tourist attractions and objects, the
welfare and promoting local culture sustainability. The readiness on the CBE implementation and the community
evaluation on the readiness of this CBE implementation is readiness in ecotourism development completed with the real
divided into 4 aspects of evaluation. They are socio-economic condition or ground-true-check. Strengths and weaknesses are
aspect (SOCEC), socio-cultural aspect (SOCUL), environment called as internal factor while factors coming from the outside
aspect (ENV) and management aspect (MAN) as seen in tabel of the village (opportunities and threaths) are called as the
II. external factors.
E. Tourism Village Development Strategy with CBE Concept IV. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
in Kemiren Village Based on the potencies of objects and tourist attractions and
community readiness, it is potential to develop Kemiren as
TABLE VI. THE PRIORITY OF DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF KEMIREN BY tourism village with CBE concept. The components of
USING CBE CONCEPT BASED ON SWOT ANALYSIS
attraction having high score are in the forms of rural landscape,
Development Strategy Code of Total Priority culture and traditions of Osing people which are continually
Weighting preserved.
SO
Increasing the community participation S2+S6+S5+O1 2,05 1 The analysis of CBE implementation level in Kemiren
+O5 nowadays shows high level of community participation.
Increasing the community understanding S1+S5+S6+O5 1,6 2
on the importance of nature conservation However, the planning and evaluating in the tourism village
and Osing cultural values development should be improved in the development of
Having coordination and cooperation in S3+O2+O3 1,05 6 tourism village giving priority to sinergy and coordination
promotion with tourism objects manager of between stakeholders in the development of Kemiren. Besides,
the closest areas.
Having coordination and cooperation with S4 +O5 0,55 9
the efforts in maintaining Osing arts, traditions and culture
higher institution, especially the research should be continually done together with the efforts in giving
centers as partner in tourism development. understanding to the people on the importance of nature and
ST culture conservation as the basis for CBE development in
The development of local potency-based S3+T1+T2 0,7 8
tourism village in other villages in Glagah
Kemiren.
District.
Result of the assessment of internal and external factors in
Increasing cooperation with other villages S3+T1 0,5 11
having tourism potencies in tourism the development of Osing tourism village with CBE concept as
development. a whole can be formulated in 12 prioritized development
WO strategies comprising: (1) increasing the community
Increasing synergy and coordination W1+O1+S6 1,45 3 participation; (2) increasing the community understanding on
among stakeholders in Kemiren tourism
development. the importance of nature conservation and Osing cultural
Enhancing the growth of creative W3+W4+O1+ 1,3 4 values; (3) increasing synergy and coordination among
industries and marketing facilities based on W6+O5 stakeholders in Kemiren tourism developmen; (4) enhancing
the local knowledge as the supporters of the growth of creative industries and marketing facilities based
tourism development.
Enhancing promotion and integrated W5 +O2+O5 1 7
on the local knowledge as the supporters of tourism
information service about tourism program development; (5) increasing human resources quality in the
Increasing human resources quality in the W4+W1+O1+ 1,2 5 management of tourism village; (6) having coordination and
management of tourism village O5 cooperation in promotion with tourism objects manager of the
Creating community-based tourism W6+O1 0,55 10
program
closest areas.; (7) enhancing promotion and integrated
WT information service about tourism program; (8) developing the
Procurement of transportation access and W5 +T2 0,3 12 local potency-based tourism village in other villages in Glagah
other facilities by using sustainable tourism District; (9) having coordination and cooperation with higher
concept.
institution, especially the research centers as partner in tourism
development.; (10) creating community-based tourism program
The next step is to know which strategy becoming the ; (11) increasing cooperation with other villages having tourism
priority. Therefore, the researcher has to arrange alternative potencies in tourism development.; and (12) procurement of
strategy in SWOT analysis. All of the code of weighting being transportation access and other facilities by using sustainable
summarized counted in one of development strategy. The final tourism concept.
result of SWOT analysis shows which priority to make in CBE It is, then, suggested that in the development of Kemiren
development in Kemiren as seen in table VI. tourism village with CBE concept the growth of synergies
Based on the alternative strategy of the SWOT analysis in between villagers, government and stakeholders should be
the tourism village development with CBE concept, 4 forged in order to increase people awareness towards area
strategies are resulted: SO, ST, WO dan WT. Those 4 conservation, ecology and culture along with the
strategies can be translated into 12 (twelve) recommended implementation of tourism village development.
priorities. Those twelve priorities are divided into two
strategies of priority: internal and external reinforming ACKNOWLEDGMENT
strategies. The internal reinforming of strategic priority related
The authors deliver their gratitudes to DP2M –
to capacity and human resources of Kemiren people in the
KEMENRISTEK DIKTI (Direktorat Penelitian dan
development of tourism village. Meanwhile, the external
Pengabdian Masyarakat - Minister of Research and Higher
reinforming of strategic priority related to promoting
Education) for funding this 2016 Research of Hibah Bersaing.
cooperation with other parties in tourism village development.
The internal reinforming of strategic priority contained in
strategic priority number 1, 2, 4, 5 and 10, while the external
one contained in strategic priority number 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and
12.