Beach Utilization as Tourist Attraction and Ritual in Badung Regency

Abstract

Sustainable tourism has always been a reference in the development of tourism around the world, the awareness of tourism industry actors, local community, and visitors, in supporting tourism development increasingly heavily heard as a discourse to improve the welfare of the community. This research uses the approach of cultural studies and tourism. The specific objectives of this research (1) to know the use of the beach as a tourist attraction and ritual, (2) to determine the impact of beach use on sustainable tourism, (3) create a model of beach use for sustainable tourism. The research method is qualitative interpretive method in accordance with social research. Data collection is obtained through observation and in-depth interviews with Head of Kuta Village (Bendesa Adat) and Head of sub-vilage (Klian adat) that are consisting of 13 subvillage (banjar) that support Kuta Tourism area. For Nusa Dua area, the interview is conducted on three Bendesa Adat (Bualu, Kampial, Peminge) and 12 heads of subvilages. The research results show that (1) the beach utilization in Nusa Dua and Kuta tourist areas is almost the same as tourist attractions and rituals, but some tourism activities are diferent, (2) the impact of utilization of beach viewing of the two regions can be seen from economic, social/cultural, and environmental impacts, (3) Beach utilization models to support sustainable tourism should involve the government of Badung Regency, Desa Adat, and stakeholders to determine the utilization of zonation.

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