Tourism village development for sustainable tourism in West Java-Indonesia (hexa helix tourism collaboration perspective)

Abstract

Tourism has a very important contribution to national development. West Java, one of the provinces in Indonesia has extraordinary tourism potential both natural, cultural, historical, and artificial. This study aims to analyze how stakeholders are involved in the Hexa Helix perspective (ABGCMT-Academician, Business, Government, Community, Media, and Tourist) in developing tourism that is sustainable in relation to the growth of tourism villages. This study used a descriptive qualitative method. Data collection techniques include literature studies, observations, and interviews with stakeholders related to tourism. The results of the study show that the Hexa Helix approach which involves six sectors, namely the government, business, academics, community, media, and tourist sectors is very important in the development of sustainable tourism. The resulting strategic recommendations include the need for policies to increase community participation in the management of tourist villages, strengthening the role of each Hexa Helix sector through program integration that supports sustainable tourism village development, and the need for training programs to improve the quality of human resources in the tourism sector, especially in a tourism village.