Agroecotourism Development By Business Incubator Approach
(Case :The Program of the Center for Business Incubator of IKOPIN at The Village of Lebak Muncang and Panundaan, Sub-District of Ciwidey, The District of Bandung, West Java)
Wawan Lulus Setiawan
wlspibi@yahoo.co.id
Indonesia Institute of Cooperative Management
Abstract
Agroecotourism is basically an agro- industry which is managed with the principles of sustainable development, not only increasing the economic value, but also giving other added value such as outdoor recreation (ecotourism), the value of beauty, aesthetics, value of science and education, and other social values, in the sense of moving the community participation and economic institutions (SMEs and cooperatives).The World Bank (2002) emphasize the role of tourism sector to tackle the problem of poverty then known as the Community-Based Toursim (CBT).Agroecotourism development by business incubator approach is in accordance with the Community Based Development approach. From the business incubator side, this is an approach to out-wall incubator, where people in a community of tenants serve as participants. This program was carried out in the vilage of Panundaan and Lebak Muncang, Sub- district of Ciwidey, The district of Bandung, West Jawa. The program could provide benefits to tenants in the form of increased knowledge, experience and skills of agroecotourism, and economic income. Agroecotourism program managed tenants to have extra effort for those that can to provide added value in the form of increased revenues derived from the development of creative agroecotourism.
Key words: agroecotourism, village, business incubator
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