ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND ENTREPRENEURS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPIRITUAL TOURISM VILLAGE IN KARANGASEM REGENCY

Abstract

Spiritual tourism is becoming a trend and growing rapidly for the past few years. The purpose of developing spiritual tourism is to achieve economic benefits to improve community welfare. The existence of gria-gria and the preservation of tantric yoga and meditation is one of the potentials in developing spiritual tourism attraction. In developing as a spiritual tourist attraction, Budakeling Tourism Village requires the involvement of the community, government, local entrepreneurs as well as development strategies and programs. This study uses a qualitative method. Grand theory in this research is participation theory and community-based tourism theory. The role of the government in developing the Budakeling Tourism Village as a spiritual DTW is more focused as a facilitator. Entrepreneur participation already exists but is still running independently. Community participation is included in the type of material incentive participation. The novelty of this research is the development of spiritual tourism attractions in Budakeling Tourism Village requires the involvement of universities to increase the understanding, abilities, and skills of local human resources. The importance of collaboration and quadruple helix synergy in the development of the Budakeling Tourism Village as a spiritual tourist attraction.

Keywords

• community participation
• the role of government
• entrepreneurs
• spiritual tourism