Perkembangan Destinasi Pariwisata dan Kualitas Hidup Masyarakat Lokal

Abstract

This article investigated how does local community respon destinationdevelopment through perceptions of their quality of life. It conducted by survey methodin two tourism destinations, Pananjung, Pangandaran and Citepus, Palabuhanratu,West Java. Primary data was taken as many as 279 samples are local communitiesby purposive sampling. All of data analized by descriptive statistics, tabulation andperception index number. The result shows that Pangandaran has better performance ofdestination attribute and better index of quality of life than Palabuhanratu. Pangandaranis in the phase of development, while Palabuhanratu is in consolidation phase. It meansconsolidation phase is lower condition than development. Among four aspects of qualityof life, the material aspect is at the highest position, followed by the spiritual, the socialand personal aspect. There are positive correlation between destination developmentand quality of life level of local community. It means tourism destination developmentmust be understood as the increasing number of tourist which contribute to performanceof destination and level of local quality of life.