Community Based Tourism (CBT) as a Model of Tourism and Self-Reliance Development of Coastal Villages in Banyuwangi

Banyuwangi is one of the regencies in East Java that has potential of coastal resources to develop. Community involvement in the community-based tourism process is marked by the presence of several community organizations dealing with tourism issues, such as Pokdarwis, Pokmas, and Pokmaswas, which are almost found throughout the coastal areas of Banyuwangi, which shows that the enthusiasm and involvement of the community in managing tourist destinations in the coastal areas of Banyuwangi. It is influenced by the unique characteristics of the coastal village community that makes the variants of objectives. It also influences the understanding of the efforts undertaken, including its involvement in engagement, as well as in other processes, as a description of the conditions that occur in coordination patterns, governance systems, participation patterns and forms of independence. CBT has been carried out showing that efforts to develop a community-based tourism sector and the development of the independence.