Tourism Village Assistance in Purwakarta Regency (Case Study of Indonesian Wanayasa Village)

Abstract

Tourism development requires the support and involvement of stakeholders in the tourism sector. The community is one element of the stakeholders to work together with the Government and the business/private sector to synergize to implement and support tourism development. Tourism development in Tourism Villages is cross-sector for the purpose of achieving the development of tourist villages through the principles of sustainable tourism. The purpose of this research is to identify the Potential of Natural, Cultural and Craft Resources in Wanayasa Village, to know the role of assistants in Tourism Villages as well as the Implementation of Empowerment in Tourism Villages. The method used in this study uses a qualitative descriptive with field surveys on mentoring activities which are believed to be able to encourage optimal empowerment of the community, so that there is no gap of understanding between the parties providing assistance and the target beneficiaries. Empowerment is one of the strong indicators that exist in tourist villages because the concept of developing a tourist village is based on community empowerment (Community Base Tourism) where the community has an important role in developing a tourist village with a tagline from the community, by the community and for the community.