Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Environmental Governance, ICONEG 2019, 25-26 October 2019, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Research Article

Tourism Development Strategy in Bekasi Regency

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.25-10-2019.2300545,
        author={Aos  Kuswandi and Ayu  Cahyati and Siti  Nuraini and Rini Susanti Hartono},
        title={Tourism Development Strategy in Bekasi Regency},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Environmental Governance, ICONEG 2019, 25-26 October 2019, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICONEG},
        year={2020},
        month={10},
        keywords={regional government strategy tourism development tourist destination},
        doi={10.4108/eai.25-10-2019.2300545}
    }
    
  • Aos Kuswandi
    Ayu Cahyati
    Siti Nuraini
    Rini Susanti Hartono
    Year: 2020
    Tourism Development Strategy in Bekasi Regency
    ICONEG
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.25-10-2019.2300545
Aos Kuswandi1,*, Ayu Cahyati2, Siti Nuraini1, Rini Susanti Hartono1
  • 1: Universitas Islam 45 Bekasi
  • 2: The Regional Government of Bekasi Regency
*Contact email: aos_kuswandi@yahoo.com

Abstract

This research is motivated by the idea that tourism potential in Bekasi has not been optimally developed as an ideal tourist destination. The purpose of this study is to study and describe the development strategy of tourism objects in Bekasi Regency. For the success of the government strategy implemented by the local government in developing tourism objects using the theory of Blakely, namely, Entrepreneurship, Coordinator, Facilitator, and Stimulators. The research method The results showed that in the indicator of entrepreneurs gained a percentage of 76.16%, the coordinator indicator obtained a percentage of 74.1%, the facilitator indicator obtained a percentage of 75.1%, and the stimulator indicator obtained a percentage of 80.25%. The conclusion of this research on tourism object development strategies in Bekasi Regency is a good category with a percentage of 75.4%. Obstacles in the development of tourism objects include the lack of facilities and infrastructure to support tourism, lack of community participation in the development of tourism objects in Bekasi Regency and inadequate access to tourism objects and inadequate tourism management. Efforts that have been made in the development of tourist objects include the involvement of the community and other stakeholders in the development of tourism objects and arranging potential tourist objects to be used as a leading tourist destination in Bekasi.