Penguatan Kapasitas Masyarakat Melalui Pendekatan Pengembangan Pariwisata Desa Bahari Iii Kabupaten Buton Selatan

Abstract

ABSTRAKTujuan pengabdian masyarakat ini untuk memperkuat kapasitas masyarakat dalam pengembangan pariwisata berbasis partisipasi masyarakat berkaitan erat dengan pemberdayaan dan pengembangan kepariwisataan yang berkelanjutan. Desa Bahari III menjadi salah satu ikon pariwisata pesisir bagi Kabupaten Buton Selatan, dengan ciri kawasan pesisir, masyarakat yang memegang teguh adat istiadat dan kondisi sosial ekonomi masyarakat yang turut mendukung hal itu. Namun, pengembangan pariwisata yang kini dilakukan belum menempatkan masyarakat sebagai subjek kebijakan pengembangan pariwisatanya. Pendekatan yang menempatkan partisipasi kelompok masyarakat dalam pengembangan pariwisata, yang dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk meningkatkan standar kehidupan masyarakat. Tujuan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah membentuk dasar untuk mendefinisikan model pariwisata berbasis masyarakat yang terdapat di Desa Bahari III. Dengan begitu, pengabdian masyarakat ini digunakan untuk mendeskripsikan kondisi ekonomi desa, partisipasi masyarakat yang memungkinkan adanya kolaborasi dan penciptaan modal sosial. Melalui pengabdian ini dapat menunjukkan bagaimana model ini dapat digunakan untuk menilai tingkat partisipasi masyarakat terkait pariwisata, dan menyarankan tindakan lebih lanjut yang diperlukan. Kata kunci: pengembangan; kapasitas; pariwisata; bahari III. ABSTRACTThe purpose of this community service is to strengthen community capacity in community participation-based tourism development which is closely related to empowerment and sustainable tourism development. Desa Bahari III has become one of the icons of coastal tourism for South Buton Regency, with the characteristics of a coastal area, people who adhere to customs and the socio-economic conditions of the people who support it. However, the tourism development that is currently being carried out has not placed the community as the subject of its tourism development policy. An approach that places community group participation in tourism development, which is carried out with the aim of improving people's living standards. The purpose of this community service is to form the basis for defining the community-based tourism model found in Bahari III Village. That way, this community service is used to describe the economic condition of the village, community participation that allows collaboration and the creation of social capital. Through this service, we can show how this model can be used to assess the level of community participation in tourism, and suggest further actions that are needed. Keywords: development; capacity; tourist; bahari III.

Community Based Tourism in The Development of Sustainable Tourism in Baubau City

“…Various variables, such as social, economic, and environmental have always been related to each other. Thus, the weak economic level of a country can also affect the destruction of the environment so that it will have a negative impact on its people (Wijaya et al, 2022).…”

“…Community-Based Tourism (CBT) is one of the strategies that can be used in the development of tourism in Baubau City. The development and management of CBT includes environmental protection and the application of sustainable tourism principles, so that it remains a tourism destination (Wijaya et al, 2022).…”