| dc.description.abstract | Community Based Tourism (CBT) is a tourism development concept, which aim to increase the contribution or participation from the society. It is same line with creative industry, communitybased tourism could contribute a benefit to push the economy regional improvement and the economic self-sufficiency of society in the village. The problem of community-based tourism in Situbondo Regency still impress the negative responses from the tourists. This research is done to observe how to manage community-based tourism in supporting the creative economy in Situbondo Regency. This research was done in three tourist destinations which is managed by the society around the Situbondo Regency, East Java. The model of the research was used qualitative method. The selection of the research objects were using purposive sampling technique. The research informen consisted of tourism staffs, public figures, the village apparatuses, department of tourism staff in Situbondo regency, and the society around the research location. The research data were collected through the observation, depth-interview, and documentation. The data collection have been analyzed using qualitative descriptive analysis by interactive model. The result of the research showed that the managing of community based tourism have run as the community based tourism principles, although it could not yet contribute optimally.. The integration of community-based tourism and creative economy will be implemented into the tourism development program until it will be able to support the creative economy development in Situbondo regency. This research finds the involvement of the local government in managing community based tourism. The participation of the local government could encourage the community based tourism development continuously, so it will be able to push the creative economy and economy self sufficiency from the local society. | en_US |
