This article focuses on state of dualism in Sempu Island, which is located on Malang Regent as nature conservation and tourism destination. Sempu Island as conservation site, laid under Natural Resources Conservation Center Regional East Java (BBKSDA), and supported by BKSDA Resort as wildlife management authority whom responsible for Sempu Island Conservation Site. As conservation site, Sempu Island has uniqueness, which consist of mangrove forest, seaside forest, lowland tropical rainforest and Segara Anakan. On the other side, Sempu Island is appointed as tourism destination by local government in Tambakrejo Village, Malang Regency. The local government of Tambaksari Village issued Bill no. 3 of 2015 article 19, which regulated Sempu Island as restricted tourism destination. Nevertheless, so far the accountability of funding management of Sempu Island retribution by local/ village government is somehow questionable. Eventually based on public consultation started from 2019, the status of Sempu Island is transformed into nature conservation. It brings future challenges for Sempu Island management in accordance with its status as nature conservation which can only be used for specific purpose as a compliance for its new status and a new rule that state stated all visitor should have permit issuance (SIMAKSI).
This study discusses about the development of Kampung Selangan into a community-based tourism destination. Kampung Selangan that once developed into a tourism village is the background of this study. The Selangan City Program is expected to become a solution for the sustainable development. According to Suansri (2003), Community-Based Tourism is a tourism concept that takes environmental sustainability and sustainable tourism development aspect into account. Using qualitative descriptive method, this study tries to analyze the development process. The approach of this study is the five dimensions of Community-Based Tourism according to Suansri; economy, social, culture, environment, and politics. From each dimension, activities that support the Community-Based Tourism, e.g. trainings, new job opportunities, reduction of fish bombing, establishment of tourism awareness groups, etc. However, weaknesses such as the absence of conservation efforts directly by the community and the low initiative from the community to increase the program. Therefore, there are some basic evaluations that need to be done immediately so that the program can run well for a long time.
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