This study aims to explore the readiness of local communities towards the development of tourism villages in the Jelekong Art & Culture Village, Bandung. The subject in this study were the local communities of Jelekong Village. The data were obtained from the distribution of closed-end questionnaires and field observations. The analysis was performed using a qualitative descriptive analysis. The results show the four readiness of local communities. The first finding shows that the locals are psychologically ready (score 4.16, agree), it is seen from the understanding towards the principles of sustainable development that must be applied in tourism villages management. The second result is about social readiness, which shows that the existence of tourism activities has built a positive attitude, proactive, innovative and creative processes of the locals (4.36, strongly agree). The local community disagreed that tourism activities implicates a negative social impact on people's behavior (1.81, disagree). Furthermore, from the side of government's support, counseling and training have been provided by the government and the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) to increase the community skills. The government policy has also supported the development of tourism villages (3.93, high). Nevertheless, from the institutional perspective, Jelekong Village already has a local tourism action group but has not coordinated and managed the whole stakeholders of tourism there yet.
Lodok Rice Field from Manggarai, Province of East Nusa Tenggara is one of cultural rice field in Indonesia. This rice field has pattern look like spider web. The research was conducted to find out local wisdom of Lodok rice field and how to use it in geography learning. Descriptive method with a qualitative approach is used in this research. Observations, indepth interviews and literature study were carried out to collect data. The results showed that Lodok rice fields in Meler Village were the result of community interaction with the environment which was sourced from local knowledge. The Meler community has local knowledge in selecting land locations for agriculture, the formation of Lodok rice fields, the system of dividing rice fields, managing rice fields, and preserving the forest as a source of water. Overall, the local wisdom of the Meler village community which is poured into Lodok's rice fields contains social values and environmental conservation values. Research on local wisdom of Lodok Rice Fields gives that description of Lodok rice fields contains local wisdom values that can be used as a resource of learning geography. The outdoor study method is chosen and recommended in utilizing local wisdom Lodok Rice Fields as learning resources for geography lessons at Senior High School Manggarai Regency.
Development of ecotourism in southern coast of West Java did not receive enough government attention and should be well managed with variation of interesting tourist activities. This study aims to identify, analyze opportunities and constraints in the development of tourism activities on the southern coast of West Java. The method used in this study was descriptive method. The sample locations in this study were Jayanti Beach, Rancabuaya and Santolo. Primary data was collected through observations and interview with questionnaires as the instrument. Secondary data was collected through preexisting data from management or agency, literature review and internet to supplement data that has not been obtained either directly or from reference books. Data analysis used in this study are data reduction, data display and conclusion. Based on data analysis, most of the tourists (51% -74%) considered that tourism activity in three coasts were less attractive, fairly enough (20%) and enough (26%). Based on the analysis of the three coastal potentials, Jayanti Beach can be developed for culinary and edutourism destination, Rancabuaya Beach for camping, paragliding and fishing, and Santolo beach can be made into child friendly beach recreation. Development of activities on the three beaches will influence people's welfare. Keywords-special interest tourism; tourism activity development.
Pangandaran Beach is one of the iconic tourist destinations in the province of West Java. This beach tourism area is a favorite of local tourists with a number of 3.9 million tourists at the end of 2018. The large number of tourist visits to Pangandaran Beach in addition to being economically profitable, also has a negative impact in the form of waste generation. Tourism activities produce organic waste in the form of hotel and restaurant food scraps and then inorganic waste such as plastic food wrappers, plastic bottles and others. Based on these problems in the research plan for three years, divided into three main focuses, namely in the first year is how integrated waste management for Pangandaran Beach tourism area. The focus of the second year research is the processing of waste from the food and beverage industry in Pangandaran Regency and in the third year is processing organic waste for freshwater fish feed. The research method used in the first year research is a descriptive method that aims to describe how waste processing has been done so far, community participation and how integrated waste management is in the Pangandaran Beach tourism area. Based on the results of the study, it was found that the processing of waste in the tourist area is still by collecting-transporting-dumping, the final disposal site (TPA) uses an open dumping system that is the garbage is disposed of without any treatment. Community participation in waste processing is in the medium category (score 56.5%) and integrated waste processing is still in the early stages of development.
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