Evaluating Policy Environment for Community-based Rural Tourism: Multi-Actor Perspectives in Tourism Value Chain

Yoan Adi Wibowo Sutomo; Corinthias P.M. Sianipar; Kenichiro Onitsuka; Satoshi Hoshino

doi:10.5614/jpwk.2024.35.3.3

Authors

Yoan Adi Wibowo Sutomo Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan.
Corinthias P.M. Sianipar Division of Environmental Science and Technology and the Department of Global Ecology, both of which are at Kyoto University, Japan
Kenichiro Onitsuka Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan.
Satoshi Hoshino Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5614/jpwk.2024.35.3.3

Keywords:

community-based tourism, multiple helix, policy environment, rural tourism, tourism value chain

Abstract

Tourism policies are essential in the development of community-based rural tourism (CBRT). In practice, their implementation requires a favorable policy environment. However, the CBRT literature has not investigated the policy environment and the holistic interactions between government-community relations, inter-agency coordination, and other complex challenges relevant to CBRT policies. Involving multiple CBRT actors, this study aimed to evaluate the policy environment in the development, implementation, and evaluation of CBRT-related policies. Using Tourism Value Chain (TVC) as the conceptual framework and considering the aspects of Tourism Value Webs (TVW), this research employed qualitative interviews with government officers. In addition, this study included archival research on policy documents and questionnaire surveys among community members in multiple case studies as an added triangulation. The case studies involved 49 tourism villages in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The regency has embraced the community-based tourism (CBT) concept for rural development by creating tourism villages. Multiple institutions in the regency work with academia and the business sector in support of the communities in developing tourism villages, forming a multiple helix structure. Despite some limitations in the policy documents, the main stakeholders in Sleman Regency can organically coordinate and cooperate to take care of all TVC phases, implying their commitment and consciousness to achieve self-reliance in CBRT development. These findings imply that the policy environment for CBRT policies is dynamic. It thus requires all stakeholders to conduct a more proactive and adaptive approach to policy evaluation, enabling enhanced support for the long-term success and sustainability of CBRT initiatives.

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