Integrative Governance Model For Sustainable Rural Tourism Planning: The Case Of Tanjung Boleng Village, Indonesia
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https://doi.org/10.47608/jki.v19i22025.283-308Keywords:
Sustainable tourism, Resilience, Dynamic conservation, Tourism governance, Community-based tourism, Rural development, West ManggaraiAbstract
This study develops an integrative planning and design model for tourism governance in Tanjung Boleng Village, West Manggarai, grounded in sustainability, resilience, and dynamic conservation. Existing governance frameworks rarely integrate these three dimensions simultaneously within the context of rural tourism, often resulting in fragmented management and limited adaptive capacity. The study formulates a governance framework that aligns ecological preservation, socio-cultural empowerment, and adaptive policy mechanisms. A qualitative methodology was employed, incorporating in-depth interviews, participatory observation, documentation review, and focus group discussions with multi-sectoral stakeholders—data were analyzed thematically to identify interrelationships among environmental, social, and institutional dimensions. The resulting empirically informed model integrates ecological, socio-cultural, and policy factors within a coherent structure, thereby advancing theoretical understanding of planning and designing sustainable tourism governance. Moreover, the model provides a practical, replicable framework for adaptive, community-based tourism development in rural destinations with similar characteristics.
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