Implementation Model of Community Based Tourism on Rural Tourism

One effort of increasing rural economy can be conducted by developing rural tourism. Tourism sector is considered to be capable to encourage the development of other economy sectors. Tourism also contributes in increasing job opportunity and income. The bottom up planning paradigm expects the community to take roles as both subject and object of development. Dieng Plateau as a tourist attraction has various kinds of attractions. Rural tourism is designed by the local community to the tourist attraction in Dieng. This research aims at identifying how the implementation model of Community Based Tourism has been conducted to the development of Dieng Kulon rural tourism. This research is a qualitative one, which uses the primary data taken from Observation Technique and Focus Group Discussion. The analysis used in this research is descriptive qualitative and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). This research has found a model of Community-Based Tourism that has been conducted in the development of Dieng Kulon rural tourism through Pokdarwis (Tourism Awareness Group) and Pokja (Workgroup) establishment on eight fields. The Community Based Tourism model that has been tested and implemented in this research may complement the models in the previous research findings, which show the roles and functions of each actor of tourism development.