The Effectiveness of the “Top-Down, Bottom-Up” Approach for Understanding the Implementation of Regional Autonomy in Batu City Tourism Development

Abstract

Community involvement in determining the direction of autonomous region development is still rare. Regional autonomy, conceptualized as the local government’s freedom to take care of domestic affairs, is the best way to implement a decentralized governmental approach. This research aims to determine the effectiveness of implementing regional autonomy in the development of Batu City tourism using a qualitative approach with a descriptive type of research. The research locations are Batu City and Batu City’s local government office. Batu City was chosen because it has a history of tourism development in a relatively short period of time. The study found that the state still manages Batu City’s tourism development policy and development, so the tourism has not referred to the local tourism development master plan. The study aims to know the effectiveness of participatory policy approaches in developing Batu City tourism as an autonomous region.