Model of Community Participation in Environmental Conservation to Support Sustainable Tourism

Abstract

Sustainable tourism has always been a reference in the development of tourism all around the world, awareness of tourism industry players, local community and tourists, in supporting tourism development more aggressively heard as a discourse to improve community welfare. This study used cultural studies approach, tourism, and the theory of participation. The research used an interpretive qualitative method in accordance with the field of social humanities research. The data collection techniques were carried out by conducting in-depth interviews with key informants, Head of Kuta Customary Village/ Bendesa adat and head of sub village (Klian banjar) and Kuta community leaders. Direct observation was also carried out in 13 banjar of Kuta customary village which were supporters of the Kuta tourist area. Some documentation also examined for completing this research. The results showed (1) environmental problems that occur in the Kuta tourism area in the form of uncontrolled land conversion, air and water pollution, waste, loss of cultural spatial structure, (2) Form of community participation in Desa Adat Kuta (Kuta customary village) in environmental conservation seen from Arnstein's ladder of citizen participation which is citizen control, delegate power, and partnership or in division of levels included in the degree of citizen power, (3) The model of community participation is arranged in order to involve the community in term of environmental conservation. From those problems can be solved by increasing direct participation of the local community. So that they feel the sense of belonging of their village for the realization of sustainale tourism area.