Garut Regency is developing the UMKM cluster to support the Indonesian government's program to improve the UMKM industry. This study describes developing a cracker MSME cluster framework in Garut Regency. The qualitative method was carried out through an interview with the head of the cracker center community in Garut Regency. The data were then analyzed using a reduction technique which was then tested for validity through triangulation. The results showed that the infrastructure, the location of the cracker center, the lack of consumer convenience, the low capital financing, and the competitiveness of product marketing had a moderate level of competence, which indicated that the existing entrepreneurial competencies were quite good for their business. This research implies that it can be considered in developing the cracker UMKM cluster, making it the first cluster in Garut Regency.
Garut Regency is developing the UMKM cluster to support the Indonesian government's program to improve the UMKM industry. This study describes developing a cracker MSME cluster framework in Garut Regency. The qualitative method was carried out through an interview with the head of the cracker center community in Garut Regency. The data were then analyzed using a reduction technique which was then tested for validity through triangulation. The results showed that the infrastructure, the location of the cracker center, the lack of consumer convenience, the low capital financing, and the competitiveness of product marketing had a moderate level of competence, which indicated that the existing entrepreneurial competencies were quite good for their business. This research implies that it can be considered in developing the cracker UMKM cluster, making it the first cluster in Garut Regency.
Mount Guntur Tourism in Garut Regency offers several attractions that involve natural beauty around it. However, not all tourists coming to Garut are interested in visiting the mountain. The aim of the present study is to analyse whether there are different profiles of tourists who are interested and not interested in visiting Mount Guntur and investigates factors affecting the tourists’ interest in visiting the destination. To this end, the study applied a survey method through which the questionnaires were distributed to 100 participants, 50 of which were interested, and the other 50 were not. The data were then analysed by using discriminant analysis operated in SPSS 25 software. The results showed that the different profiles of respondents determined based on the interest to visit Mount Guntur could be proven statistically. The factors that make tourists interested or not interested in visiting Mount Guntur are transportation to tourist attractions; scenery; supporting facilities and artificial tourism spots. The results of this study may serve as additional information for tourism managers to improve the marketing strategy of Mount Guntur tourism
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