The Dream of Becoming a Tourism Village

The tourism sector has broad upstream and downstream linkages. Therefore, it is expected that tourism villages can improve the rural economy.

KOMPAS/P RADITYA MAHENDRA YASA

Visitors sit in a tent in De Loano, Sedayu village, Loano district, Purworejo regency, Central Java, Tuesday (15/10/2019). This is part of the ecotourism site developed by state forest company Perum Perhutani and the Borobudur Authority Agency. The tourist attraction is equipped with various facilities for visitors.

Becoming a tourism village is the dream of many villages in the country. At least, that was what I observed when I worked in partnership with a number of villages.

The success stories of a number of tourism villages, such as Ponggok village in Klaten, Pujon Kidul village in Malang, and Sade village in Central Lombok, have motivated and inspired them. In 2021, the Tourism village Association (Asidewi) reported that around 1,838 out of a total of 83,381 villages (subdistricts) in the country had become tourism villages.