A Study of Indigenous Tourism Product Development
Case Study: The Baduy, South Banten, West Java
Komang Trisna Pratiwi Arcana, M.Rech., Kadek Wiweka
Tourism Management Program
The International Bali Tourism Institute (STPBI)
Denpasar, Bali
trisnapratiwi.arcana@gmail.com
Abstract—This phenomenon occurs in one of the indigenous
village of Baduy tribes, where the village is “isolated” from
modern development of urban areas. The data have been
collected are then combined using two approaches both
quantitative and qualitative or known as a “multi-method”.
Data obtained through questionnaires was presented by the
chart (in the form of quantitative), and described into a
sentence. This study found that the Baduy village has a variety
of potential that can be packaged as a tourism product, such as:
have the cultural and natural attractions that still maintained
its authenticity, a location away from the frenetic urban
communities began receiving tourism activities. Surveys in this
study also found that, variables such as cultural tourism
products, local communities and nature is considered very
important and can attract urban travelers. This is
evidenced by the results of the questionnaire, where tourists
visiting Baduy village, dominated by teenagers who mostly still a
student and travel in groups. While the motivation of their
visit was mostly to leisure in a way out of the urban routine.
The effects of tourism activities on the socio-cultural
environment, the economy and the environment have not seen
significantly. Advice and feedback to the Baduy Tourism Village
are to strengthen the rules and regulations village environment so
as to anticipate the changes that can occur if the pressure
changes constantly occur tourism at the Tourism Village Baduy.
Keywords— Indigenous Tourism; Product; Development;
Baduy, Banten, West Jawa
I. INTRODUCTION
Tourism as an industry, which is growing in the
modern era, has served on various aspects of
community life. Socio-cultural character of urban
communities exert pressure for the urban community,
impacts the growing demand for tourist activities. This
phenomenon responded by regions by developing their
resource potential as a tourist destination that offers a
variety of attractions that characterizes and is
considered as “unique”. Tourism activities as part of
the behavior or habits of urban people would be
worrisome if developed in areas classified as “original” or
undeveloped. Tourism is believed to influence both
positive and vice versa. This phenomenon occurs in
one of the indigenous village of Baduy tribes, where
the village is “isolated” from modern development of
urban areas.
This study dissected the phenomenon of the tourism
activities development in the village, identified the
characteristics and motivations of tourists who visit,
assessed the effect resulting from the interaction
between tourists and the local community, both from
the point of view of socio-cultural, economic, and
environmental.
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
A. Indigenous Tourism Product
Travel destination is an important element in the tourism
system. According Leiper (1990), the destination is a place
or a location that provides a wide range of complex
tourism activities to meet the needs and desires of a person or
group of people for enjoying leisure time. As a provider of
components (tourism supply) in the tourism industry, travel
destinations consisted of a combination tourist product
consisting of attraction, accessibility, amenities, and
ancillary service (Cooper, et.al., 1993:81). But in its
development, some scholars began to develop components
that make up the tourism product formerly known as
4A is currently become 6A (Buhalis, 2000: 98), the
attributes of tourist destinations are Attraction, Accessibility,
Aminities, Available Package, Activities, Ancillary Service.
Further, as awareness of various industries to the issue of
sustainability, including tourism, society has become an
important actor on the sustainability of a destination
or tourism product. So community involvement (CI) has
become an important part of the development of the tourism
product (Madiun, 2012: 3).
This concept has long been introduced by many
countries as a strategy for development in original rural
areas that have the characteristics of the traditional agrarian
industry. CBT is also one kind of sustainable tourism that is
concerned with the welfare of local communities (Gabito,
2013; Okazaki, 2008) with a focus on the participation of
local communities actively in tourism activities and share the
benefits of this activity (Guzmán et al., 2011; Suriya,
2010). Johnson (2010) added, specifically the concept aims
to improve economic, social and cultural rights of local
communities. Based on the above, this study used a variable
6A and CI in describing the existing tourism products in the
Tourism Village Baduy.
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