Pengembangan Desa Wisata di Wilayah Jabar Selatan: Identifikasi Aktivitas dan Atraksi Wisata, Desa Taraju, Kabupaten Tasikmalaya

Abstract

Natural resources owned by rural areas in the South West Java region are a potential blessing for village development from an economic, social, and environmental perspective. Identification and inventory activities are carried out on the potential resources of Taraju Village, through a series of surveys and collaborative discussions. The results will be taken into consideration for the preparation of master-plan rural community economic development based on tourism villages. The results of this activity can provide support for community economic activists and youth in understanding the "composition master-plan tourism village” including physical, socio-economic, sociocultural and economic-environmental considerations. The activity is oriented towards exploiting the natural, socio-economic potential in the village which can provide added value and higher use value in improving the standard of living of the community, and being stronger in preserving nature based on tourism and the community. Identification and inventory of village tourism activities and attractions from the start as well as the implementation of rural tourism economic programs are very important because they will determine the performance achievements of rural tourism. These two activities provide direct and indirect benefits from tourism villages that have positive and sustainable impacts, especially related to infrastructure needs and added value. Moreover, considerations of economic, social, and environmental feasibility can be obtained for increasing the economic welfare of rural communities from the design of these tourist activities and attractions.