Djuwendah, E.; Karyani, T.; Wulandari, E.; Pradono, P. Community-Based Agro-Ecotourism Sustainability in West Java, Indonesia. Sustainability2023, 15, 10432.
Djuwendah, E.; Karyani, T.; Wulandari, E.; Pradono, P. Community-Based Agro-Ecotourism Sustainability in West Java, Indonesia. Sustainability 2023, 15, 10432.
Djuwendah, E.; Karyani, T.; Wulandari, E.; Pradono, P. Community-Based Agro-Ecotourism Sustainability in West Java, Indonesia. Sustainability2023, 15, 10432.
Djuwendah, E.; Karyani, T.; Wulandari, E.; Pradono, P. Community-Based Agro-Ecotourism Sustainability in West Java, Indonesia. Sustainability 2023, 15, 10432.
Abstract
Agro-ecotourism is a tourism development activity in a location with ecological and agricultural advantages, leading to business utilization to generate economic value. Agro-ecotourism in West Java has a selling point in the form of natural potential, agriculture, arts, handicrafts, to the traditional culinary processing typical of the village. This research aims to analyze the sustainability level and the sensitive factors or attributes that affect the level of sustainability of community-based agro-ecotourism in West Java. The study used a survey method on 237 agritourist actors. Data were analyzed using Multi-Dimensional Scaling in the Rapid Appraisal-Tourism technique. The study results show that community-based agro-ecotourism in West Java is quite sustainable (57.07). This study analyzed sustainability through economic, social, cultural, institutional, ecological, and technological dimensions. The social dimension has the highest value because agriculture-based village tourism is carried out in the community. Meanwhile, the lowest value is the technology dimension. The availability of infrastructure influenced the value obtained and means of transportation as well as environmentally friendly farming techniques.
Keywords
agro-ecotourism; sustainability; community; West Java; Indonesia
Subject
Social Sciences, Tourism, Leisure, Sport and Hospitality
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