Partisipasi Masyarakat Lokal dalam Pengembangan Wisata Budaya di Desa Wisata Huta Siallagan Pindaraya Kecamatan Simanindo Kabupaten Samosir

Abstract

Tourism Village is a place that has certain characteristics and values as an attraction, both about rural life and its uniqueness or characteristics. In addition, the Tourism Village is a Village that has independence because its potential has been properly managed by involving the participation of the local community. Every problem that occurs based on this reality, the author is interested in conducting an in-depth study of the development of the Tourism Village and its community participation. The purpose of this research is to describe how the participation and form of local community participation in the development of cultural tourism in Huta Siallagan Village. This type of research is qualitative with descriptive analysis method. The data collection techniques used are Observation, interview and documentation. Data in the field shows that there is community participation in the development of Tourism Villages such as participation in the Planning Stage, Implementation Stage, and Operational Stage, as well as forms of participation in the form of Ideas/Thoughts, Energy, Money, and Social Media carried out by the community in the development of Cultural Tourism Villages. So from this study it can be concluded that community participation in the development of Cultural Tourism in Huta Siallagan Village, Simanindo District, Samosir Regency is carried out by the community with stages and forms of community participation to improve the quality of the Village as an effort in Tourism Village Development