Tourism Activities Development Based on Sustainable Livelihood Approach in The Tourism Villages of Purwakarta Regency

Abstract

One region in Indonesia gaining the positive impact of tourism activity development is  Purwakarta Regency. The positive impact is proven from the number of visitors which is increasingly bigger year by year In fact, the visitors likely to visit the main tourism object situated in Purwakarta Regency and the average length of stay of the is visitors merely one day. From this phenomenon, it can be assumptively concluded that the visitors are lack interest of visiting other tourism objects in Purwakarta. In addition, the increase in the number of tourist visits is considered not to have benefits for the community

The present study is aimed at identifying and analyzing the tourism activity in some villages of Purwakarta Regency, identifying and analyzing sustainable livelihood approach in the tourism villages of Purwakarta Regency and determining the development of tourism activity to create a sustainable livelihood in the tourism villages of Purwakarta Regency. This study used a qualitative approachmethod. During the data collection, the technique used direct field observation, interview and documentation. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling. The present study uses analysis technique of qualitative descriptive started with data collection, data reduction data display, and the last is the verification conduct and drawing conclusion.

This study results some development of tourism activity needed to create a sustainable livelihood approach in the tourism villages of Purwakarta Regency including the utilization of the owned resources, development of local community capacity, offer of differentiation, analysis on environmental impact as well as the involvement of scientific community in the development of tourism activity.