The Role of Village Tourism in Improving the Community's Economy During the Covid-19 Period in Enrekang District Abdul Karim* * Students of Doctoral Program in Economic Education PPs UNM / Lecturer of STIE AMKOP Makassar e- Mail: abdul_karim@stieamkop.ac.id / abdul.karim8284@gmail.com Abstract: Enrekang Regency is a district located in South Sulawesi Province in terms of the tourism potential sector, is very strategic and is able to contribute to increasing economic growth because it has many tourist attractions. The Enrekang Regency Government is currently carrying out various innovations in developing all tourism potential in supporting community economic growth based on village localism. Enrekang Regency is a neighbouring area of Tana Toraja Regency which has always been a tourist attraction and has been known internationally. This is what provides an opportunity for Enrekang Regency to be able to maximize all potential objects and increase Regional Original Revenue (PAD) in the tourism sector. At present Enrekang District has 35 number of tourist destinations that are well-known by domestic and foreign tourists that can increase regional economic growth. Keywords: Village Tourism, Economic Improvement, Covid-19. 1. Preliminary Tourism is an activity that directly touches and engages the community so that it brings various impacts on the local community, even tourism is said to have an extraordinary energy trigger, which makes the local community experience metamorphose in various aspects. In addition to the various positive impacts, almost all studies also showed unexpected impacts, such as the worsening income gap between community groups, worsening economic inequality, and others. Meanwhile, many experts are aware that tourism, even though it requires a good environment, if the development does not pay attention to the carrying capacity of the environment and environmental vulnerability to the number of tourists will have a negative impact. With the high rating that is characterized by Nature-Based, on the one hand, a very positive and beneficial, will but on the other visible yet the deepening of the function of the environment or are still many people who have not consciously be the importance of " Nature Related Tourism ", (Karim, A. 2020). In line with the dynamics, the movement of tourism development penetrated in various terminologies such as, sustainable tourism development, village tourism, ecotourism, is an approach to tourism development that seeks to ensure that tourism can be carried out in non-urban tourist destinations. One alternative tourism development approach is the tourism village for sustainable rural development in the field of tourism. The main ingredients of the tourism village are manifested in the lifestyle and quality of life of the people. Authenticity is also influenced by the economic, physical and social conditions of the rural area, for example, space, cultural heritage, agricultural activities, landscape, services, historical and cultural tourism, as well as unique and exotic experiences typical of the region. Thus, modelling the tourist village must continue and creatively develop an identity or characteristic of the area. Enrekang Regency with the capital of Enrekang is located ± 235 Km north of Makassar. Geographically Enrekang Regency is located at coordinates between 3 ° 14 36 to 3 ° 50 00 South Latitude and 119 ° 40 53 to 120 ° 06 33 East Longitude. with an area of 1,786.01 Km². Enrekang Regency has regional boundaries, (Kompas, 2015) as follows: 1. Northside: Tana Toraja Regency; 2. South: Luwu Regency; 3. Eastside: Sidrap Regency;