RESIDENTS- PERCEPTION TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY BASED TOURISM (CBT) AT COASTAL DESTINATIONS IN SOUTHERN EAST JAVA
Shofwan
Faculty of Economics and Business University of Brawijaya Malang
Abstract
Tourism is considered an effective way of increase welfare some traditional communities because it provides various jobs than traditional livelihoods as well as opportunities to sell uniquely local products. Community based tourism (CBT) has been identified for its ability to improve local economies which endorses traditional communities such as rural communities, fishing and small island communities, could improve their economic status. Scholars have examined the attitude of residents at different level, however, monitoring changes in residents- perception are ignored. This paper reveals the research gap to be filled by examining the residents- perception of sustainability in term of economy, socio cultural factors, environment and well being at different CBT. The research method employed survey questionnaire as an instrument to collect data before the data is analyzed. The 500 usable questionnaires of three southern coastal regencies (Malang, Blitar, Tulungagung) in East Java were collected. The result shows us that four dimensions of sustainability have significantly different results. The study concludes that the respondents- perception differed across development steps, thus, the management boards or local governments should consider the development opportunities and adopt appropriate strategies of CBTs implementations.
Keywords: Community Based Tourism (CBT); Sustainability; Residents- Perception; Coastal Destination
Topic: Sustainable development