Analysis of Personal Entrepreneurship Quality of the Society in Mandangin Island

Abstract

Mandangin Island is one of the beautiful islands in Madura. The government has committed to develop Mandangin Island as an eco-tourism destination. There are several factors that affect the tourism activities. One of the important factors is the quality of human resources. Thus, the society in Mandangin Island should have good personality and entrepreneurship spirits to attract potential tourists. The aims of the study were: 1) to analyze the level of creativity of the Mandangin people to process natural resources; 2) to identify the entrepreneurial spirit of the society to support eco-tourism; and 3) to analyze the personal entrepreneurship quality of the society. The primary data were collected from the society through interviews using questionnaires. Descriptive analyses were used to analyze the data and phenomenon. The result indicated that the society is relatively creative to produce goods based on the marine and fisheries resources but they faced the constraints to develop new products. The respondents have high entrepreneurship spirit. The quality of personal entrepreneurship is high but the society is risk-averse. The society in Mandangin Island has good entrepreneurship to support eco-tourism activity but the government should facilitate and educate them with the relevant skills.