LEGAL STUDY ON THE POTENTIAL OF TOURISM VILLAGES IN WEST KUTAI DISTRICT, EAST KALIMANTAN PROVINCE, INDONESIA

Abstract

In line with tourism development objectives, the Government is developing tourist villages that aim to increase economic growth, and people's welfare, eradicate poverty, overcome unemployment, preserve nature, the environment and resources, and advance culture. The development of tourist villages is also a form of accelerating integrated village development to encourage social, cultural, and economic transformation of villages. The research objectives are: (1) to examine which villages have tourism potential to be developed into tourist villages in West Kutai Regency; and (2) to examine the problems faced in the management and development of tourist villages in West Kutai Regency. The research was carried out from June to September 2021 in West Kutai Regency. The research uses legal research methods, namely by conducting Normative Juridical and Empirical Juridical legal research. The stages of research activities are (1) problem identification; (2) inventory of required legal materials related to tourist villages, systematization and analysis of legal materials; (3) observation and data collection; (4) data analysis; and (5) reporting. The results of the research show that: (1) In West Kutai Regency there are 5 (five) villages that are suitable to be designated as tourist villages, namely: (1) Beloan Village, tourism potential in the form of fisheries resources; (2) Tanjung Jaan Village, tourism potential in the form of natural tourism, namely Jempang Lake; (3) Tanjung Isuy Village, tourism potential in the form of cultural tourism at the Tanjung Isuy Festival event; (4) Juaq Asa Village, tourism potential in the form of natural tourism including Hemaaq Beniung Water Tourism and Hemaaq Beniung Traditional Forest; and (5) Lakan Bilem Village, tourism potential in the form of natural tourism in the form of recreational tourism, camping, ground, out bound, trail adventure, mountains, waterfalls and beautiful natural scenery,and (2) problems and/or obstacles faced in general at tourist attractions in West Kutai Regency include: (1) not yet implementing the 3S principles, namely something to see, something to do and something to buy, (2) there is no uniqueness or branding (identity) of the Tourism Village., (3) The packaging for the attraction of becoming a Tourism Village is still not well structured, (4) There is no spatial planning for the Tourism Village, (5) Judging from the geographical conditions, the obstacle faced is the number of houses. , the population, characteristics, and area of ​​the Tourism Village do not yet exist, (6) There is no major commitment from the village government or community to jointly develop and advance the tourist village; (7) The legality of tourist attraction land managed by the West Kutai Regency Government is still in the process of being completed and improved, and (8) Another obstacle is the lack of infrastructure availability, including transportation service facilities, electricity facilities, clean water, drainage and so on.