Community Participation in the Tourism Development of Kereng Bangkirai Pier
Muhammad Anzarach Pratama

Department of Public Administration Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya
Jalan RTA Milono Km.1.5, Palangka Raya 73111, Indonesia
anzarpratama.umpr[at]gmail.com

Abstract

Kereng Bangkirai Pier is one of the new tours in Palangka Raya, which is located in Kereng Bangkirai Village. Kereng Bangkirai Tourism offers black water tours with rides provided by tour business groups, such as floating boats, engine ducks, and duck goes. The Tourism Awareness Group has a role in fostering tourism business groups at the Kereng Bangkirai Pier. This study was conducted to analyze community participation in the development of ecotourism at Kereng Bangkirai Pier. The results of the analysis show that community participation in every decision-making and implementation, the community can plan activities to be carried out for riverbank tourism, can form tourism business groups and determine group leaders and internal group regulations, and can use existing resources to carry out activities tour along the river at Kereng Bangkirai Pier. At the evaluation stage and beneficiaries, the community can supervise tourism activities such as the operation of river tracing rides, and the community can carry out assessments aimed at improving or adding to tourism activities or tourist infrastructures such as buildings and even riverbanks so that the community can increase their participation in managing tourism. Kereng Bangkirai Pier provides positive benefits for the government and the broader community in tourism development.

Keywords: Community Participation- Government Role- Ecotourism Development- Kereng Bangkirai

Topic: Social Science and Humanities