POTENSI PENGEMBANGAN DESA WISATA BERBASIS MASYARAKAT DI DESA GUNUNG SALAK KABUPATEN TABANAN

Abstract

Tourism is in fact a journey done many times in the same place as well as at different destinations. The meaning of the word tourism is stingray and sightseeing, pari means many times while tourism means visitation. From the meaning of the word then the tourist destination should always be created at any time in order to still have a different attraction for tourists. One of the many developed tourism concepts today is community-based tourism that utilizes natural beauty and local culture as a tourist attraction. The village of Mount Salak located in the District of East Selemadeg Tabanan Regency has a very large opportunities to be developed into a community-based tourism area because it has a natural beauty that is natural with socio-cultural activities are still thick. The development of this village should be accompanied by guidance and empowerment of the community both in the field of economy and businesses that are able to support tourism activities, so as to produce multiplayer effects for the surrounding community. In addition, the structuring of supporting infrastructure facilities, institutional arrangements must be made to strengthen the basis of the formation of community-based tourism.

Keywords:  community-based tourism, multiplayer effects, community empowerment