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Chocolate Village (Kampung Coklat) Majapahit located in Randugenengan Village, Dlanggu District, Mojokerto Regency, East Java is one of the tourist attractions that has a special attraction for the surrounding community. The existence of this village originated from Mulyonos inspiration, the owner of the factory and the chocolate village in Dlanggu, who looked at the success of the chocolate village in Blitar. The inspiration rose because of his concern with the farmers who failed to grow sugar cane and tobacco. Therefore, most of them were invited to shift to planting cocoa since 2012. In this research, rural tourism was developed to improve sustainable livelihoods using qualitative method. The research data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. The results showed that there were about 1,337 farmers growing cocoa, whose results were taken to be processed in an independent chocolate factory. There were around 450 hectares of farmers land planted with cocoa. Of these, they can produce a range of 34 tons of peeled cocoa one month. Thus, the existence of rural tourism can improve the source of sustainable livelihoods. Therefore, it is considered essential to develop this type of tourism.