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Health is one of the basic human needs, now also can be one alternative lifestyle that can be selected by someone to get satisfaction in his life, such as medical tourism. Medical tourism is an activity carried out by an individual to get a health service or medical care abroad. In the effort to develop the health system and competition and the impact of health globalization, it does not rule out the possibility that medical tourism raises intense competition among hospitals in providing quality services and superior service products provided by hospitals in attracting foreign patients to come get treatment. Objective of this research is to determined factors that affect hospital to be medical tourism’s aim. Methods in this research is literature review from international journals. The results is hospital needs to improve their physician’s skill, facilities, accessibility, and promotions. So that medical tourism is a new phenomenon for hospitals in Indonesia to prepare professional and superior health personnel and sophisticated health technology as a developmental need for medical tourism. Need to study or identify factors that influence medical tourism in hospitals in Indonesia.  

This article discusses the development of health tourism potential through the use of medicines from natural ingredients. Health and wellness have become a major concern of modern society, leading to increased interest in natural treatment alternatives. In this context, this study aims to explore the potential for developing tourist destinations that combine elements of health and natural beauty with the use of traditional medicines derived from natural ingredients. The research method involves surveying the latest literature on the use of natural medicines in the health sector, as well as case studies of several tourist sites that have successfully integrated these aspects. Data analysis was carried out to identify the advantages and challenges in developing health tourism based on natural ingredients, both in terms of health benefits and economic potential. The results of the study show that the use of medicines from natural ingredients in the context of health tourism has the potential to increase tourist attractiveness, promote local culture, and provide alternative treatments that are safer and more sustainable. However, challenges such as regulation of standards, public education and maintenance of natural resources need to be overcome for this development to be sustainable. This article provides insight into the potential and benefits of developing medicine-based health tourism from natural ingredients, as well as presents a holistic view of the relationship between health, nature and local culture in the context of tourism. The practical implication of this research is to provide guidance for stakeholders in planning, managing and promoting health tourism destinations that are sustainable and beneficial to all.

This research aims to find out the mechanism for implementing Islamic business ethics among traders in the Gus Dur Tomb religious tourism area, Jombang. This research uses a qualitative descriptive approach with direct observation and in-depth interviews. Data was collected through observation, interviews with traders, and literature study. The research results show that many traders in the region do not fully understand and apply the principles of Islamic business ethics in their trading activities. Unhealthy trading practices that are not in accordance with sharia are still found, even in religious tourism areas. This research suggests the need for education and outreach regarding Islamic business ethics to traders to create a market environment that is fairer and in accordance with Islamic principles.

The cleanliness of tourist destinations, especially in coastal and beach areas, is a crucial aspect that supports environmental sustainability and visitor comfort. This study analyzes various strategies and best practices for maintaining cleanliness in coastal tourist areas. The research methods used include literature review, field observations, and interviews with tourism managers, visitors, and local communities. The findings indicate that active participation from all stakeholders, including the government, community, and tourists, is essential in maintaining cleanliness. Additionally, environmental education, adequate sanitation facilities, and strict regulation enforcement significantly contribute to the cleanliness of coastal areas. The study concludes that a holistic and collaborative approach is key to preserving the cleanliness and beauty of coastal and beach tourist destinations.  

Indonesia has a wealth of tourism potential, and Ngliyep Beach in Malang Regency is one example. This stunning beach attracts visitors with its white sand, dense jungle and stunning views. Even though its potential is extraordinary, the number of tourists at Ngliyep Beach has not yet reached its maximum potential. To overcome these problems, this research explores collaborative efforts in managing Ngliyep Beach marine tourism. This research aims to identify strategies that can maximize the attractiveness of beach tourism while analyzing the factors that hinder and support its development. Researchers use SWOT analysis, which is a method that highlights Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. This approach empowers them to determine a combination of strategies that capitalize on Ngliyep Beach's strengths and take advantage of emerging opportunities, while mitigating weaknesses and addressing potential threats.

This research aims to understand the government's efforts in increasing local revenue (PAD) through the development of tourism potential in West Manggarai Regency during the 2019-2022 period, specifically focusing on the natural tourism of Rangko Cave. The process of developing tourism potential, particularly the natural tourism of Rangko Cave, requires government efforts to overcome existing challenges by using strategies to increase the PAD of West Manggarai Regency. This research employs a descriptive qualitative approach, conducting structured interviews with informants such as the Head of the Regional Revenue Agency, the Head of the Tourism Office of West Manggarai Regency, the Head of Tanjung Boleng Village, employees of the Regional Revenue Office, employees of the Tourism Office of West Manggarai Regency, and the residents of Tanjung Boleng Village. The results show that the West Manggarai government and the residents of Tanjung Boleng Village have made efforts and strategies to increase local revenue through the development of tourism potential, particularly the natural tourism of Rangko Cave, as best as possible despite several obstacles, such as a lack of supporting facilities for good and structured services, which reduce the value of the tourism site.

Tourism is one of the sectors that is growing rapidly in Indonesia and is a major contributor to the country's foreign exchange. Tourism development through tourist villages, such as the Bilebante Green Tourism Village in West Nusa Tenggara, is an effective strategy for improving the local economy and preserving cultural traditions. This research aims to identify and analyze creative economy-based tourism development strategies in the Bilebante Green Tourism Village. The theory used is rational choice which was coined by James S Coleman. The research method used is a qualitative method with a phenomenological design. The data collection technique is carried out in several processes, namely observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation in order to obtain valid data. The data analysis technique uses the Miles and Huberman interactive model. Informants consisted of community leaders, village managers, culinary traders and tour guides. The results of this research focus on 2 aspects, namely tourism development and creative economic factors as drivers of employment opportunities. The green tourism village of Bilebante is able to develop because actors (tourism managers) are able to map resources well so that this has implications for the right development choices. Local people in this case are also able to choose jobs freely based on the skills resources they have.

Pakis Village is one of the areas in Jember Regency that has quite extensive plantation land and there are still many agricultural activities carried out by the community in their daily lives. The existence of ties between durian farmers, tourism managers, and pioneers of durian tourism villages will certainly lead to gradual interaction called embeddedness. Oversocialized arises due to a shared awareness in which durian farmers and managers both want to benefit from what they are trying to do as a form of meeting individual economic needs, while undersocialized arises due to the lack of interaction carried out by durian farmers and managers with pioneers during commodity buying and selling activities. The results of this study indicate the existence of oversocialized and undersocialized in Durian Tourism Pakis Village, Panti District, Jember Regency.

Business legality is the main thing that business people need to do when starting a business. With business legality, the business being run can be said to be feasible to operate where legality is a license to run a business given by the authorities. Penjaringansari Culinary Tourism Center is one of the gathering places for business actors engaged in the culinary field who are experiencing problems related to the lack of awareness of the importance of legality in a business. This activity was carried out at the Penjaringansari Culinary Tourism Center which aims to provide education related to making a Business Identification Number and providing assistance in making a Business Identification Number. The method of implementing this activity is divided into three stages, including: the observation and interview stage, the stage of providing education, and the implementation stage. The target of this activity is business actors who do not yet have a Business Identification Number at the Penjaringansari Culinary Tourism Center, namely 13 business actors. The result of this activity is that the desire and awareness in developing the business being run is increasing because it already has a business license that is protected by applicable law.

The purpose of this research is to determine and analyze the significance of the influence of communication, work discipline, organizational culture and compensation on employee performance at the Purbasari Pancuran Mas Purbalingga Educational Tourism Park. This type of research is quantitative, with a population of 100 employees. The sampling technique for this research used proportionate stratified random sampling to obtain a sample of 85 respondents. Data analysis techniques used include validity tests, reliability tests, classical assumption tests, multiple linear regression analysis, coefficient of determination, F test and t test. The analysis tool used is the SPSS statistical data processing application. The results of the research show that the variables of communication, work discipline, organizational culture and compensation have a positive and significant influence on the performance of employees at the Purbasari Pancuran Mas Purbalingga Educational Tourism Park. Based on the coefficient of determination of communication variables, work discipline, organizational culture and compensation have an influence of 61.20% on employee performance variables, while the remaining 38.80% is influenced by other variables. The implication of this research is that in an effort to continue to improve employee performance, management needs to implement appropriate policies in a way that maintains the communication process every day, increases employee work effectiveness, increases employee self-confidence and pays attention to the amount of incentives in accordance with work performance.

The rapid development of the tourism sector and the business sector in North Sumatra, one of which is Samosir, is a factor in the increasing demand and needs of local and foreign tourists. This research aims to analyse the business feasibility of Silimalombu Village Ecovillage. This research uses SWOT analysis to analyze the development strategy. Technical data analysis used in this research is by means of interviews, observation and documentation. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative analysis. To analyse the financial aspects, the Net Present Value, IRR and Gross B/C Ratio methods were used. While to assess other aspects, factors that are considered important in the assessment are used. The result of this research is that Silimalombu Village Ecovillage is feasible to run and develop. After being analysed using investment criteria, the results found are Gross B / C Ratio 1.69> 1, Net Benefit Cost Ratio 2.63> 1 Probitability Ratio> 1, Net Present Value, 1,682.7> IRR 34%, meaning that the Go project is feasible.

The purposes of this study are to find out the types of language style and explain the meaning of them which are used in promoting tourism objects of North Sumatera by the instagram account of @travellingsumut. The method used in this research was descriptive qualitative method. The data of this research was the captions which are posted by the instagram account of @travellingsumut in promoting tourism objects of North Sumatera. Based on the analysis data, there was found two kinds of language styles in promoting tourism objects of North Sumatera. The two types of language style are comparative language style/figure of speech with 23 sentences and affirmative language style/figure of speech with 2 sentences. In comparative language/figure of speech styles, four types of figures of speech were found, namely personification, metaphor, hyperbole and simile. In the language style/figure of speech of affirmation, one type of language style is found, namely repetition. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the language styles that used by the instagram account of @travellingsumut in promoting tourism objects of North Sumatera have function to persuade people to visit North Sumatera and enjoy the natural beauty and tourism objects in there.

Tourism activities have now become part of the lifestyle of people in all circles who have the desire to have a recreation in a tourist destination. So it is not surprising when the need for people to travel continues to increase. Mount Fatuleu is one of the tourist attractions in Kupang Regency which is the choice of tourists for traveling. It is undeniable that the number of visits from year to year, Mount Fatuleu Tourism Object is increasing. This study aims to analyze the effect of physical motivation, cultural motivation, personal motivation, status and position motivation on preference from Mount Fatuleu, Kupang Regency. The independent variables (X) in this study are physical motivation (X1), cultural motivation (X2), personal motivation (X3), status and position motivation (X4). Meanwhile, the stress variable in this study is preference (Y). The study population was the tourists of Mount Fatuleu, and the sampling technique used observation and questionnaires. Respondents who met the requirements were determined as many as 97 tourists who were analyzed by SPSS. The results showed that culture, personality, status and position had a simultaneous and partial effect on tourist visit decisions. The results of the descriptive analysis show that the four independent variables have an average score in the positive area.Where the highest average score is personal at 3.31 while the lowest is physical 3.20 while multiple linear regression analysis shows Y = -0.112 + 0.804X1 + 0.666X2 + 0.695X3 + 1.147X4. The coefficient of determination obtained shows 97% preference is influenced by physical, cultural, personal, status and position.  

Currently, social media is considered a convenient tool for facilitating product transactions. However, not all marketers possess effective strategies for promoting their products on social media. This study aims to analyze the relationship between promotion and tourists’ purchase intention toward processed carica products in the Dieng Highlands. The research was conducted from February to March 2024, involving 100 respondents and analyzed using simple linear regression. The findings reveal a significant relationship between promotion and tourists’ purchase intention toward processed carica products in the Dieng Highlands. Promotion contributed 30.5% to purchase intention, while the remaining 69.5% was influenced by other factors outside the scope of this study. Carica-based MSMEs in the Dieng Highlands optimize their promotion strategies through tourist recommendations and digital marketing. They actively use social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok and market their products through e-commerce platforms like Shopee, Tokopedia, and TikTok Shop. These efforts aim to enhance accessibility, attract consumer interest, and expand market reach.

This activity was carried out at Padhepokan Panji Asmoro Bangun, an art center with panji masks as a typical culture of Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia. This assistance is carried out by the Abdimas Team under the ADAI organization, via hybrid (offline and online). The purpose of this assistance is to provide assistance on how to calculate the selling price of tour packages using a cost approach. The mentoring methods used are lecture methods and training in the form of demonstrations. The results of the assistance show that there has been no determination of an appropriate and affordable selling price for the community. The selling price used so far is only an estimate and does not use calculations of the related cost elements. The advice is to pay attention to 5 (five) stages in determining the selling price of tour packages, including market research, identifying cost elements, calculating operational costs, determining profit margins, and calculating the selling price of tour packages.

This community service article aims to optimize and revitalize the various tourism potentials of Mojogebang village, especially the potential for community-based tourism to improve the economy of village residents. The efforts made are through formal outreach as well as ongoing direct approaches and guidance to village residents in realizing Mojogebang village as a community-based tourism village. Our findings in the field are that there are several tourism potentials that have not been explored and have not received optimal attention from policy makers, namely the local government. By involving Bumdes and Pokdarwis as well as the private sector and the wider community who are concerned about tourism potential, we are trying to involve active community participation to jointly realize the optimization and revitalization of village potential that has not been explored and touched by community creativity. The result of this community service is the emergence of awareness from all parties about the importance of exploring tourism potential in the village, and realizing it in concrete form regarding various superior village tourism which is able to make Mojogebang village one of the tourist village destinations.  

Perkembangan teknologi membawa perubahan pada bidang edukasi, termasuk pada bidang edukasi lingkungan. Salah satu komunitas yang bergerak di bidang lingkungan yaitu Jepara Green Generation (Jegeg). Jegeg membutuhkan aplikasi yang memiliki fitur edukasi baik dalam bentuk artikel maupun video, fitur pengenalan tanaman, tempat wisata, tempat konservasi, serta informasi terkait kegiatan peduli lingkungan. Sehingga diperlukan suatu inovasi teknologi sebagai pemantik untuk meningkatkan kepekaan dan kesadaran masyarakat dengan keadaan lingkungan alam sekitarnya. Oleh karena itu, dibuatlah aplikasi Forestrytech yang menggunakan metode design thinking dan pengujian SEQ dan SUS dalam perancangan antarmuka. Aplikasi ini bertujuan untuk menyediakan pemantauan hutan secara real-time yang dapat diakses oleh masyarakat. ForestryTech, sebuah aplikasi pemantauan dan edukasi konservasi hutan berbasis PWA menggunakan algoritma CNN. Selain itu, juga dibuat prototipe alat monitoring hutan berbasis IoT menggunakan ESP32 yang dapat dipantau dan diakses melalui aplikasi. Sistem ini dapat membaca nilai suhu, kelembapan, tekanan udara, api, asap, dan kecepatan angin dengan akurasi yang baik.

Perkembangan teknologi membawa perubahan pada bidang edukasi, termasuk pada bidang edukasi lingkungan. Salah satu komunitas yang bergerak di bidang lingkungan yaitu Jepara Green Generation (Jegeg). Jegeg membutuhkan aplikasi yang memiliki fitur edukasi baik dalam bentuk artikel maupun video, fitur pengenalan tanaman, tempat wisata, tempat konservasi, serta informasi terkait kegiatan peduli lingkungan. Sehingga diperlukan suatu inovasi teknologi sebagai pemantik untuk meningkatkan kepekaan dan kesadaran masyarakat dengan keadaan lingkungan alam sekitarnya. Oleh karena itu, dibuatlah aplikasi Forestrytech yang menggunakan metode design thinking dan pengujian SEQ dan SUS dalam perancangan antarmuka. Aplikasi ini bertujuan untuk menyediakan pemantauan hutan secara real-time yang dapat diakses oleh masyarakat. ForestryTech, sebuah aplikasi pemantauan dan edukasi konservasi hutan berbasis PWA menggunakan algoritma CNN. Selain itu, juga dibuat prototipe alat monitoring hutan berbasis IoT menggunakan ESP32 yang dapat dipantau dan diakses melalui aplikasi. Sistem ini dapat membaca nilai suhu, kelembapan, tekanan udara, api, asap, dan kecepatan angin dengan akurasi yang baik.

Pamijahan religious tourism is a tourist attraction that is often visited by domestic tourists for pilgrimage. However, on March 2, 2020 the first case of Covid-19 occurred in Indonesia. This had an impact on community activities with the establishment of lockdown policies and travel restrictions as an effort to prevent the wider spread of Covid-19. The research method used is a qualitative method through direct observation with in-depth interviews. This research aims to examine the impact and adaptation of the community to Covid-19 in Pamijahan Village. Based on the results of the research, it is known that when the lockdown policy and travel restrictions were enforced, the economy of the community around the Pamijahan tourist attraction was almost paralyzed, because the community only relied on sources of income from the tourist attraction. However, some of them have other sources of income to fulfill their needs.

The Equator Pasaman Geopark area, with its natural beauty and cultural diversity, is a potential destination to be developed. Equator Pasaman Geopark is a geopark located in West Sumatra, Indonesia, which combines geological, biological, and cultural diversity. In addition to being an attractive tourist destination, this geopark also plays a role in the preservation of nature and culture, as well as sustainable local economic development. The uniqueness of the geopark, such as its location on the equator line, national history with the figure of Tuanku Imam Bonjol, and biodiversity, make it a valuable asset for tourism promotion and environmental education. Service activities were carried out at the National Cross Tourism Competition (LAWNAS). The purpose of this community service activity is the promotion of geoparks, environmental promotion, cultural preservation, local economic development, increasing tourism, and external party partnerships. The research method is to identify service to the integrated tourism system, then organize competitions, as well as promotion and marketing of geotourism and finally environmental education and conservation. The parties involved in this activity include local governments, communities, and community service teams. The results of this community service activity show that all contribute and are actively involved in this activity, thus making a positive contribution to the development of local tourism