Suistainable Development Planning of Tourist Village Using Participatory Mapping (Case study: Sanankerto Village, Malang, Indonesia)

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2021-07, Vol.794 (1), p.12244
• Main Authors: Maulana, F I, Pratama, F C
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bamboo; Community involvement; Community participation; Economic development; Ecotourism; Information management; Mapping; Qualitative analysis; Rice fields; Strategy; SWOT analysis; Tourism; Tourists; Villages
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/794/1/012244

Improving village welfare is a noble goal to be achieved together. According to Law No. 6 of 2014 concerning Villages, given an opportunity is given to Villages to develop Villages according to the potential offered by prioritizing community participation. The establishment of Village Owned Business (Bumdes) is one form of village economic development and strengthening. Sanankerto Village, Turen, Malang is a Tourism Village also known as the Boon Pring Ecotourism Village. Boon Pring is a superior Bumdes to attract tourists. An area of 36.8 ha of bamboo and in more than 60 types of bamboo is an attraction. In the middle of the bamboo forest there is also a natural spring that irrigates rice fields with an area of approximately 124 ha. Researchers conducted preliminary research in the Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis) Sanankerto Village and obtained information about the management of Sanankerto Tourism Villange is not good. The development of Sanankerto Tourism Village has been slower and less able, ranging from planning, implementation, to control and evaluation of the tourism village development strategy. Only relying on Boon Pring as Bumdes makes Sanankerto Tourism Village less than optimal to be able to become the preferred tourist destination village. The research entitled “Mapping of Villages Potential as a Strategic Step in the Development of Sanankerto Tourism Village, Turen, Malang” aims to examine the following matters: (1) Revealing and understanding the Sanankerto Tourism Village management model so that strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats can be identified which will then be used as a basis for developing a tourism village development strategy. (2) To uncover and understand appropriate alternative strategies in developing Sanankerto Tourism Village based on the mapping of village potentials. The researcher used a descriptive qualitative approach to describe the management of Sanankerto Tourism Village. Swot analysis is then performed and followed by AHP analysis with the results of alternative strategies in building and developing Sanankerto Tourism Village.