Perception on Sustainable Tourism in Sudaji Tourism Village Bali: Community vs Tourists

Abstract

Tourism village is a way to sustainable tourism development in optimizing village resources while reducing any undesirable impacts on natural, cultural and environment, including water consumption, waste, garbage and environmental damage due to crowd activities. The activities in the tourism village requires a carefully integrated planning, to maintain the natural environment but still attractive for tourists to visit. Tourists, who have environmental awareness, like to visit tourist villages with sustainable development. The study is located in Sudaji tourism village and used mixed method by combining statistical analysis, both descriptive and inferential, with Focused Group Discussion (FGD) for variable of perception on sustainable tourism, constructed from two indicators; 1) Attention to Environmental Burden (AEB), and 2) Concerns for Conservation Efforts (CCE). The result is, the concept of Sustainable Tourism has been well understood by the community and the tourists, and no significant difference (p > 0.05) with the perception among tourists, but a bit difference among communities. The community and tourists have good awareness about sustainable tourism and it has become a prerequisite for Sudaji as a tourism village to organize an event, particularly because it has various potentials for organizing events that can also elevate the local cultures, and increase community economic welfare as well.