RURAL TOURISM AS A DRIVING FORCE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AN EVIDENCE OF PROSPECTS AND LIMITATIONS A PILOT PROJECT PERSPECTIVE OF RURAL TOURISM IN CENTRAL JAVA .
Bambang Guritno1 Samtono2 Haniek Listyorini3, Hendrajaya4, Henry Yuliamir5
STIEPARI SEMARANG
Abstract
The development of tourist villages has become one of the tools to alleviate poverty in rural areas, especially in Central Java Province. This Tourism Village is very in line with the characteristics of rural communities because it has a strategy of community-based tourism development, namely that people are required to play an active role in their village tourism business to improve their own welfare with the potential and capabilities they have. This research aims to examine and analyze how the role of rural tourism (with a special focus on small-scale tourism villages) contributes to rural development so that it can improve the economy of rural communities around the tourist village. By using descriptive qualitative methods and taking samples in tourist villages in the province of Central Java. The results of this study show the following results: Theoretically this research is expected to be able to show what factors influence the success in developing rural tourism for rural development processes, besides that the findings in this study Seen that even though tourism is possible, most are in rural areas and only has a relatively small economic impact, this indicates failure as a factor for regional development, which can lead to an important non-economic implication. Thus, even in areas not suitable for tourism, tourism can function as a vehicle for rural development in Central Java. It is thus important to develop appropriate strategies and consider specific regional situations and potential successes.
Keywords: Rural tourism, Rural Development, Pilot project, Communities,Central Java.
Topic: Rural and Regional Governance