Exploration of the Eco-Agro Tourism Perception as a New Environmental Paradigm among the Urban Community in Tourism Village in Bogor City

Abstract

The concept of eco-agrotourism is a new paradigm in managing tourist villages in Bogor City. Community perceptions about tourist villages are important to know to increase community participation and sustain the management of tourist villages. The research aims to analyze the potential of tourism resources, analyze community perceptions of the benefits of ecoagrotourism management, and analyze people's perceptions of the impact of eco-agrotourism activities. The research was conducted in three tourist villages in Bogor City which represented dominant agricultural conditions, namely Saung Eling, Mulyaharja, and Rancamaya Tourism Villages. Primary data was collected by distributing questionnaires to community respondents and analyzed descriptively, as well as by using the Kruskal Wallis test. The research results show that people have high hopes for improving social and cultural life. The actual condition of tourism management shows that tourism management still needs to be improved so that economic improvement can be felt by the people in tourist villages. The development of eco-agrotourism needs to combine the potential of agricultural areas with cultural potential. Positive community's perception can be increased by tourism management which can increase community participation and income.