Community Participation in Tourism Activities in Cireundeu Tourist Village, West Java, Indonesia

摘要

Cireundeu Tourist Village is a tourism object managed by the local community (community-based tourism, CBT). One of the keys to successful development of CBT is the local community’s participation. Given the importance of community participation, this paper seeks to investigatethe level of community participation and constraints on the tourist village. The data was collected through distributing questionnaires to 80 residents and conducting interviews with the village tourism manager and village traditional leader. The analysis results suggest that the local communityhas a high degree of involvement in tourism activities. However, they still deal with major constraints on the participation, including less basic understanding of the tourism development, family economic condition, and lack of clarity on the division of residents’ roles and tasks.