Ethnic tourism and sustainable of vernacular settlement in Cibeo Village, Baduy Dalam

Abstract

Ethnic identities in developing countries become a focus of recent research one is related to ethnic tourism. One of ethnic tourism based on Vernacular Settlement is in Cibeo Village, Baduy Dalam, Banten Province. The opening of access in Ciboleger in the 1970s opened the opportunity of ethnic tourism. This study aims to review the phenomenon of Ethnic Tourism and Sustainable of Vernacular Settlement in Cibeo Village. The research paradigm used is naturalistic with a qualitative research strategy in the form of the Ethnography Approach. The method of data collection is through residencies in Cibeo Village to capture phenomena on the vernacular settlement as a natural setting and ethnic tourism. The results show that tourism plays an important role which is not always a negative impact on vernacular settlements. Ethnic tourism becomes one of an factor in the ongoing construction of place identity and senses of a place of vernacular settlement in Cibeo Village. This study provides implication: Firts, that cultural system carried out by vernacular society determine sustainable of vernacular settlement. Second, that the key of successful Sustainable Vernacular Settlement is the growth and development of its local wisdom.