Yulita Kusuma Sari1*, R. Rucitarahma Ristiawan1, Tular Sudarmadi, Intan Purwandani2, Khusnul Bayu Aji2
1Departemen Antar Budaya, FIB UGM
2Alumni Program Studi S1 Pariwisata, FIB UGM
*Corresponding Authors: oyoraso@ugm.ac.id
Abstract. Community-based tourism (CBT) has been widely identified for its ability to improve local economies, and it has been introduced in many countries. The key to success of CBT, is the capacity of the community as the main actor in the management of their area as a tourist destination. State that capacity building for community play roles as implementing agencies seek to realize sustainable impacts from development assistance to communities. In this case, Selopamioro Adventure Park (SPARK), one of tourism attraction in Selopamioro Vilage, has been develop by local community (Pokdarwis) since 2018. Main attractions in SPARK are boating, canoing along the rivers, and hill climbing. Digital marketing caused SPARK to be immediately known and successfully received a total of 14,655 visitors in just 8 months after opening. All handle by local communities who came from limited knowledge about tourism management. Owing to these conditions, tourism development in SPARK looks spontaneous, and not well planned. In July-October, 2019, UGM conducts a training series and working groups, in order to build capacity of local communities as tourism actors. In addition to providing new knowledge about tourism management, this training aims to provide local communities awareness about sustainable tourism in potential disaster areas. They also involved in tourism participation planning, start from self-mapping the potential disaster point using simple software Kobo Toolbox, they can access from smartphones, to develop operational standards, and the flow of tourist activities.
Keywords: Community-based Tourism, Community Services, Participation Planning, Selopamioro Adventure Park, Tourism Resilience.