Community Self-Reliance of Rural Tourism in Indonesia: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

• Published in: Qualitative report Vol. 27; no. 7; pp. 1151 - 1168
• Main Authors: Hutagalung, Husen, Purwana, Dedi, Suhud, Usep, Mukminin, Amirul, Hamidah, Hamidah, Rahayu, Nurti
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fort Lauderdale Nova Southeastern University, Inc 01.07.2022; The Qualitative Report
• Subjects: Community Control; Community Development; Community Involvement; Community organization; Community Relations; Economic Impact; Empowerment; Exegesis & hermeneutics; Interviews; Literature Reviews; Local communities; Marginalized groups; Phenomenology; Public Schools; Researcher subject relations; Resilience; Rural areas; Rural communities; Rural Development; Rural tourism; Semi Structured Interviews; Social Capital; Social responsibility; Social science research; Stakeholders; Sustainable development; Tourism; Travel industry; Villages; Indonesia; Yogyakarta Indonesia
• ISSN: 2160-3715; 1052-0147; 2160-3715
• DOI: 10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5215

Community-based tourism villages have now become a worldwide concern because of their tremendous impact on strengthening the empowerment of local communities as well as on enhancing social responsibility in a sustainable manner. This study aims to explore the meaning of self-reliance in tourism village communities since it is a key indicator of the progress of community-based tourism villages. This study adopted a qualitative approach with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to investigate the meaning of people's experiences from inter-subjective activities in a double-hermeneutic process between researchers and people who experience them. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight (8) research subjects from the tourism village community. This study demonstrates the meaning of community self-reliance in terms of (1) community self-assurance; (2) integrity; (3) community commitment; (4) community resilience; (5) sustainability. This study is limited to residents of the Pentingsari tourism village in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This village rests on simplicity and a natural setting, as well as the community's self-reliance, resulting in an exemplary of a self-sustained tourist village in Indonesia.