The Development of Community-Based Tourism Through Partnership Support

The tourism sector encourages the growth of local creative economic activities. Tourists who visit tourism areas are usually interested in buying local creative economy products. Therefore, local creative economy products have an important role in increasing regional income and improving the welfare of surrounding communities. To achieve this goal, the Pandeglang Regional Government is revitalizing the Tanjung Lesung tourist area by directly involving the community through developing local creative economic products. However, the government is aware of its limitations in terms of human resources, budget, and infrastructure, so it is necessary to build a partnership network. The research aims to analyse how partnership development encourages community empowerment through creative economic products using a qualitative approach through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The research results found that developing partnerships with corporate social responsibility can support community empowerment in developing local creative economic products and increasing community-based tourism.