Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui sejauh mana media sosial dapat dijadikan sebagai sarana informasi khususnya di Kabupaten Garut.Penelitian ini juga menganalisa media sosial apakah yang menjadi pilihan bagi wisatawan generasi Z yang merupakan pasar potensial dan sedang berkembang.Penelitian ini menyasar pada wisatawan yang berada pada kategori generasi Z dimana rentangan usia 17 sampai 28 tahun dan sudah memiliki pengalaman berkunjung ke Kabupaten Garut dengan melakukan penyebaran kuesioner secara online. Observasi lapangan dan wawancara juga dilakukan pada penelitian ini untuk melihat kondisi aktual dari perkembangan wisata di Kabupaten Garut khususnya yang berkaitan dengan penyediaan sarana informasi dan promosi.Hasil analisis yang dilakukan dengan menggunakan SPSS 21 menunjukkan jika media sosial merupakan sarana informasi dan promosi yang sangat sesuai untuk wisatawan generasi Z di bidang pariwisata dan Instagram merupakan pilihan yang utama.Oleh karena itu pemerintah daerah Kabupaten Garut khususnya Dinas Pariwisata dan Kebudayaan Kabupaten Garut sebagai pembuat kebijakan harus dapat merangkul pasar wisatawan generasi Z dengan cara mempertimbangkan habitual mereka terhadap penggunaan media sosial.

This research aims to know the strategy of development of Tourism Destinations in the Togian Islands, Regency Tojo Una-Una, Central Sulawesi Province. The island has become a major national tourist's destination in Indonesia between 50 regions in Indonesia. However, the number of tourists visited the island were fluctuated for the last three years. This research examined the tourism strategy formulation based on internal and external factor analysis at the destination. The research used some instruments to compile data, such as observation, interview, questionnaires, and documentation. The research result indicated that there were several strategies that could be implemented in developing the Togian island. The strategies were as follows: 1) developing cultural and natural tours, such as bird watching, beach activities and Bajeu village visits; 2) establishing close relationship and cooperation between public and private sectors; 3) attracting foreign investors; 4) building and maintaining the tourist facilities in some strategic locations; 5) increasing community awareness for developing tourism; 6) developing ethnic-based tour packages. Therefore, some recommendations for the destination are on developing cultural, natural, and culinary tourism; improving the public facilities; developing accessibility; and strengthening cooperation among stakeholders.

Nepal Van Java is a tourism attraction that offers the beauty of local residences in Mount Sumbing slope located in Dusun Butuh, Magelang. According to a simple calculation of average visits up to a thousand visitors in one day, Nepal Van Java has a high visitors number according to a simple estimate of average visits. However, at this time, there are not many rural tourism products offered by Nepal Van Java because this destination is still in the planning stage where there is no planning for rustic tourism products. The purpose of this paper is to describe the planning process related to the village tourism product. Qualitative research methods have applied to this research, resulting in an understanding of the actual condition of village tourism products. Detailed planning related to Nepal Van Java tourism products includes planning on facilities, transportation systems, and introduction of visitors, with the idea of focusing on optimizing agricultural resources as agrotourism, potential aids for farm stays, and culture.

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The development of creative tourism that relies on the creative industry in Kampung Batik Kauman requires cooperation and partnership with tourism stakeholders so that the planning and implementation go according to the goals of sustainable tourism. This study aims to identify the actual conditions of creative tourism and identify the form of partnership that exists between the government and the creative industry in Kampung Batik Kauman. The method used in this study is a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. The participants of this study were the government of Surakarta City and the creative industry involved in creative tourism activities and involved in cooperation or partnerships in Kampung Batik Kauman. The results of this study indicate that creative tourism in Kampung Batik Kauman meets the criteria for developing creative tourism. The form of partnership that exists between the government and the creative industry in developing creative tourism is a complementary partnership, where the benefits have been felt by the government and the creative industry but are still limited.