Community Participation and Government Policy In Developing Rural Tourism towards Community Welfare

Authors

  • I Dewa Made Agung Dvijayendra Udayana University
  • Made Heny Urmila Dewi

Keywords:

community participation, government policy, rural tourism development, the local communities welfare.

Abstract

Rural tourism is an instance of community-based tourism that has been developed and implemented in Bali, Indonesia. The development of rural tourism is an effective option to accelerate the achievement of the welfare of local communities as it involves active participation of the community. The government has an indispensable role in issuing policies that support the development of rural tourism. This research was conducted in Baha Village, Mengwi Sub-district, Badung Regency to analyze the influence of community participation and government policy in developing rural tourism to achieve the welfare of local communities. The data in this study were collected by direct observation technique and using questionnaires to the community of Baha village as respondents and using proportional stratified random sampling technique. Data analysis techniques applied in this research are descriptive analysis and analysis of Structural Equation Model (SEM) with alternative PLS (Partial Least Square). The results of this study indicated that community participation and government policy have a positive and significant effect on the success of rural tourism development. Furthermore, community participation, government policy and the successful of rural tourism development have a positive and significant impact on the local communities’ welfare. Community participation and government policy indirectly have a positive and significant impact on the local communities welfare through the success of rural tourism development. However, community participation and government policy in the development of Baha Rural Tourism still need to be improved; hence, the achievement of the local communities welfare can be more optimal.

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2019-01-27

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Dvijayendra, I. D. M. A., & Dewi, M. H. U. (2019). Community Participation and Government Policy In Developing Rural Tourism towards Community Welfare. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 43(2), 114–123. Retrieved from https://gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/9746

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