ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THE COMMUNITY BASED TOURISM APPROACH

STUDY ON TOURISM MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF FATUKOTO VILLAGE, TTS REGENCY

Authors

  • Grace Oni Oet Neolaka Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, Indonesia
  • Mariayani O. Rene Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, Indonesia
  • Hendrik Toda Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, Indonesia

Abstract

us social problems in rural areas such as poverty and unemployment. Community Based
Tourism (CBT) is one of the tourism development approaches. Community Based Tourism (CBT)
approach in tourism development can be viewed from various dimensions; economic, social,
cultural, environmental, political. This research aims to analyze how the economic dimension in
the management and development of tourism in Fatukoto Village, South Central Timor Regency.
This research was conducted using a qualitative approach, data collection was carried out
through interviews, observations and literature studies. The data collected were primary data
obtained from interviews and observations, as well as secondary data obtained from documents
from the village office and various other sources. The collected data were then processed and
analyzed. The results showed that the management and development of Fatukoto village when
viewed from the economic dimension is still not well implemented such as the unavailability of
funds or budgets for community development, the employment opportunities created for new
villagers are only micro-scale trading businesses that sell agricultural products which are also
still raw to visitors while for other jobs, especially those related to tourism such as tour guides,
photo graffiti guards, and other tourism-related jobs. As for the income aspect, the village
community has indeed received income from village tourism management, but this income is still
considered small and cannot be used as the main source of income in the family. In addition,
until now there has been no form of cooperation such as joint ventures in the management and
development of Fatukoto Village tourism

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Published

2024-12-27