Environmental Capital Development of Community-based Tourism during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Mamuju District

Abstract

Facing the slump in the tourism industry in Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi Province, so stakeholders need to take an important role in maintaining the country's economy with the emergence of loosening community activities to reactivate the economy deep of effort to realize environmental capital development of community-based tourism. This study aims to identify and analyze the environmental capital development of community-based tourism during the Covid19 pandemic. This study uses a qualitative approach with a case study method. The concept of community-based tourism, local communities have a major role in the sustainability of local tourism, namely as a substantial control and full involvement in the development and management of local tourism in optimizing environmental capital. Research results this conclude that the Service Tourism and Culture in tourism development has involved communities as a central system in promotional activities, training, and events, such as: Pokdarwis as institutional leveled community that plays a role as mover in support realization sapta charm, GenPI, a netizen community “go digital”, and Ikebaine ikemoane is the son and Daughter of the ambassador travel. Research Novelty it's on empowerment local community as central system in development tourist in push growth economy, while a number of studi previously put public only as a support system.