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Health tourism is a tourist travel activity to a tourist destination with the aim of receiving treatment or improving health and fitness. This research is a descriptive qualitative analysis by looking at case studies about the potential of health tourism. The research informants are doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists, and 5 pharmacists. The data was analyzed using the content analysis method on interview documents. The results of the research show that the importance of understanding and knowledge of health workers is to be able to improve the quality of service when facing tourist visits. When they have a health problem or want to improve their health condition while traveling, the attitude of health workers needs to be improved in terms of their competence which must be developed, services must comply with standards. operational procedures and being friendly and polite to tourists during health services. The conclusion of this research is that the understanding of each health worker is good regarding health tourism.

This research aims to identify the potential of the Paniai Lake ecotourism area as a natural tourist attraction that needs to be improved and developed, because it has very unique natural, socio-cultural and historical conditions. The potential tourist areas in Paniai Lake include Yautogi Hill, Bobaigo Hill and Aikai Pier. The three tourism potentials in the Paniai Lake area have huge opportunities to be developed as tourist destinations. The method used in this research is a qualitative method, namely using interview and observation methods with specific aims and uses. To achieve this goal requires a method that is relevant to the goals to be achieved and includes research procedures and techniques. By using interview and observation methods as well as SWOT analysis to obtain Strengths-Opportunities, Weaknesses-Threats. The results show that the ecotourism potential of the ecotourism area in Paniai Lake includes, Yautogi Hill, Bobaigo Hill, and Aikai Pier, the three tourism potentials in the Paniai Lake area have very large opportunities to be developed as tourist destinations, apart from having potential that can be developed, the third This destination has a very unique history and culture which is a special attraction for the development of the tourism area around Lake Paniai, as well as involving community participation in tourism development around Lake Paniai to improve the economy of the local community.

Management Community-based natural resource management and conservation is an effective approach in maintaining environmental sustainability and improving the welfare of local communities. This research aims to analyze the natural resource management and conservation strategies implemented by the people of Tanjungsari Village, Sadananya District, Ciamis Regency. The research method used is a qualitative approach with data collection techniques through in-depth interviews, participatory observation, and documentation studies. The results showed that the Tanjungsari Village community has developed various local initiatives to preserve water sources, and manage tourist attractions in the village. The active participation of the community in conservation activities, support from the local government, and cooperation with non-governmental organizations are key factors in the success of this program. The study concludes that a community-based approach to natural resource management is not only able to preserve the environment, but also contributes to improving the economic and social welfare of local communities. In addition to management, socialization was held. The implementation of these socialization activities is proven to increase the understanding and skills of the community in managing tourism potential in a sustainable manner. In addition, support from the local government and active participation of the community are important factors in the development of curug lewi pamipiran as a leading tourist attraction in Ciamis Regency. This study concludes that institutional strengthening through socialization and training is an effective strategy to optimize regional tourism potential, improve community welfare, and encourage local economic development.

This research examines the opportunities and challenges in the development of Buddhist traditions in Indonesia, with a specific focus on the role of Tri Dharma (三教 Sam Kauw) as a tradition-strengthening element in fortifying Buddhism in Singkawang City, West Kalimantan. The research is grounded in the dynamic development of Buddhism in Indonesia, which has been influenced by modernity and diverse interpretations of teachings. Utilizing a qualitative descriptive method through observation, interviews, and document analysis with religious leaders and Buddhist adherents in Singkawang City, particularly at the historic Vihara Tri Dharma Bumi Raya (established 1873-1878), the findings reveal that the Tri Dharma tradition—integrating Buddhism (佛教), Confucianism (儒教), and Taoism (道教)—holds significant potential in strengthening religious identity and practices through values of wisdom, virtue, and harmony integrated into daily life. The research identifies key opportunities including strong cultural identity, vibrant ritual traditions (Cap Go Meh festival, Tatung rituals), community support structures, and religious tourism potential. However, challenges include limited deep understanding of Tri Dharma teachings among younger generations, influences of popular culture that erode traditional values, pressures of globalization, and modernization impacts. The research implications emphasize the necessity of systematic efforts in socializing and internalizing Tri Dharma teachings through formal and non-formal education, digital media engagement, youth involvement in Vihara activities, tradition documentation and preservation, and inter-Vihara collaboration to ensure Buddhist traditions continue to develop and strengthen their existence in Indonesia's pluralistic society.

Sayum Saba Village is one of the tourist villages in Karo Regency, North Sumatra, which has interesting natural and cultural tourism potential. However, the public is still not familiar with this village very much. Dengan menggunakan quantitative methods with a descriptive approach, this study aims to analyze the influence of social media marketing and tourist attractions on brand awareness of Sayum Saba Village. The findings show that social media marketing and tourist attractions have a positive impact on brand awareness of Sayum Saba Village. In order to promote tourist villages, this research suggests that Sayum Saba Village create natural and cultural tourist attractions, work with influencers and travel bloggers, and step up the quantity and quality of its social media marketing. It is envisaged that this study will assist Sayum Saba Village in raising its profile and drawing in more visitors.  

Natural resource conservation or conservation areas whose main use is recreation and tourism in coastal and aquatic areas are called Marine Nature Tourism Parks (TWAL). Kupang City and Kupang Regency have a conservation area known as the Kupang Bay Marine Nature Tourism Park. Kupang Bay Marine Natural Tourism Park has a lot of potential that can be managed as a tourism destination. The author is interested in conducting research to find out and formulate a Potential Development Strategy for the Kupang Bay Marine Natural Tourism Park. This research approach is descriptive qualitative, where the data produced is descriptive or explains clearly. Based on the research analysis that has been carried out using SWOT Analysis, it is concluded that the Kupang Bay Marine Nature Tourism Park Development Strategy has a Strength-Opportunity strategy. This strategy is an aggressive strategy where the potential of the Kupang Bay Marine Natural Tourism Park is utilized as widely as possible to create opportunities.

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.

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.

This research is motivated because the tourist destination Lawang Agam Regency has a very high tourism potential due to natural factors that are very supportive for tourism. The purpose of this study is to analyze destination image, place attachment, and revisit intention in Lawang tourist destinations in Agam Regency. This study uses a type of causal associative research or cause-and-effect relationship because it uses quantitative methods. Data is obtained by dividing the survey results to research respondents. The destination image variable gets an average value of 4.19 with good criteria, a sample mean value of 0.848, a t-statistic value of 15.639 greater than 1.96 and a p-value of 0.000 less than 0.05. The place attachment variable obtained an average value of 3.81 with good criteria, a sample mean value of 0.196, a t-statistic value of 2.696 greater than 1.96 and a p-value of 0.007 smaller than 0.05. The average revisit intention variable was 4.13 with good criteria, Therefore, H1, H2, and H3 were accepted because of the positive and significant effects of destination image with revisit intention, place attachment with revisit intention, and place attachment variables moderating the relationship between destination image and revisit intention.

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.  

Tourism deposits have great potential in prospering the surrounding community and improving the economy. The ability and awareness of the community in managing the tourism potential that exists around is certainly very petrified for the economic life of local residents. The purpose of this research is to find out how Human Resources affect business sustainability. This study uses a quantitative approach with the population of this study is all Batik Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Krebet Tourism Village Area, Bantul Regency. Simplified sampling techniques. This technique is carried out by selecting samples freely according to the ease and access to data. The results of the study showed that the increase in knowledge did not have a significant effect on the business sustainability variable. Meanwhile, other variables such as HR Skills and Abilities have a significant impact on the business sustainability variable. the Adjusted R Square value is 0.764 or 76.4%. This shows that the improvement of knowledge, skills and abilities of human resources towards business sustainability is 76.4% while the remaining 23.6% is explained by other variables outside the model.

The development of tourism will have an impact on economic change in an area or region. The impacts caused by tourism development are positive impacts and negative impacts. Sumbawa Regency is aggressively developing tourism to utilise its high potential. This research uses a qualitative approach intending to understand the phenomenon of what is experienced by the research subject, and by way of description in the form of words and language, in a special context that is scientific and by utilising various natural methods. As descriptive research, this research contains descriptions, pictures or paintings systematically factual, accurate about the facts and relationships between the phenomena investigated. Data was collected through observation, interviews, and documentation at the Sumbawa Regency Youth, Sports and Tourism Office. Triangulation techniques were used to check the validity of the data. Management planning of Saliper Ate tourist attraction is very important to direct the development of tourism potential in a positive and sustainable manner. Cooperation from various relevant stakeholders is needed to encourage the development of Saliper Ate tourism in a synergistic and integrated manner. Tourism development in Saliper Ate increases tourist visits and pays attention to their needs.

Currently, many tourist villages are emerging which are included in edutourism with a variety of tourism potential within them. It is known as an edutourism-based Creative Tourism Village because most of the tourist attraction concepts in Kerkep fall into the creative category and can add to the education of tourists, especially the tourist attraction icon of the Kerkep Creative Tourism Village, namely the Sumber Sirah water tourism. The purpose of this service is because this village is a village that has great potential in developing edutourism. For this reason, a marketing process is needed to carry out promotions that have not been fully used by partners because of the technological tools that need to be understood. This community service activity uses a presentation method, implementation method with direct visits, and discussion forums through assistance regarding digital marketing via social media. Implementation of service consists of planning, implementation and evaluation stages. The results of the service presented material by the service team about what marketing is. After the material has been presented, the participants can try to practice it accompanied by the staff. The implementation of the service carried out at the partner's location went well because the participants easily understood the marketing material without significant obstacles, thus this learning method can be utilized and can be used as an alternative to other marketing methods

This research aims to determine the role of financial inclusion in increasing the income of ikat weaving MSMEs in the sub-district, determine the role of financial inclusion in the development of ikat weaving MSMEs in Nita sub-district and find out what factors hinder the management of economic potential and development of ikat-weaving MSMEs in Nita sub-district. The research used is a case study. The research approach used is descriptive qualitative. The data sources used are primary data and secondary data, where data collection uses observation, interview and documentation study techniques. The data analysis techniques used are data reduction, data display, and conclusions. The results of the research show that the economic potential that can be managed and which is most prominent in Nita sub-district is the tourism potential in the form of ikat weaving. Efforts made by ikat weaving businesses to reduce unemployment are by opening employment opportunities for people who have skills in weaving.

Sikka Regency is an area with superior tourism potential but the contribution of the tourism sector does not have a significant influence on economic growth, this is due to the low contribution of the creative economy in supporting the tourism sector which is influenced by less attractive and competitive creative economy products, lack of promotion and branding, lack of collaboration and partnership between tourism actors and creative economy actors and lack of support from the government and related institutions. To overcome these problems, the proposed solution is the existence of regulations as a strong legal foundation and framework for policies and programs that support the creative economy in Sikka Regency. The writing of this Policy Paper aims to enable the creative economy to contribute more to the development of the tourism sector in Sikka Regency and increase regional economic growth as well as policy recommendations to overcome the low contribution of the creative economy to support tourism in Sikka Regency. The method used in this paper is problem tree analysis involving literature study, field observation and in-depth interviews with tourism and creative economy actors. The recommended policy option is a Sikka Regent Regulation on Creative Economy that can provide a legal framework and programs that support the development of the creative economy sector in Sikka Regency.

This study aims to analyze the role of the Department of Youth, Sports and Tourism (Diskopar) Dumai City in tourism development and to identify supporting and inhibiting factors affecting its implementation. The research uses a qualitative descriptive approach with data collected through interviews, observation, and documentation. Informants consisted of a tourism data and information officer at Diskopar Kota Dumai and a community tourism actor. The data were analyzed using an interactive model involving data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The findings show that Diskopar Kota Dumai plays an active role based on three role indicators: institutional position, social expectations, and implementation. The institution is involved not only in policy formulation but also in maintenance, monitoring, training workshops, event organization, and management of public tourism spaces. Supporting factors include regional tourism potential, digital promotion, regulatory documents, and regional budget support. Inhibiting factors include suboptimal maintenance of tourist sites, illegal levies in unmanaged areas, and uneven information access due to limited network coverage. Overall, the role of the Dumai City Diskopar is functioning but still requires strengthening in supervision, facility management, and equitable promotion.

Studies on positioning and branding strategies for East Manggarai Tourism Destinations are currently very limited. Previous studies were conducted only partially and focused only on tourist attractions. On the other hand, the high gap between domestic and foreign tourist visits is nearly 10.000 times. Foreign tourist visits have not yet reached a significant number. However, East Manggarai has tremendous tourism potential with 118 tourist attractions spread across four strategic tourism areas in the region. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the positioning and branding strategies of East Manggarai Tourism Destinations by mapping tourism market segmentation trends. Designed with a quantitative descriptive approach, questionnaires were distributed to tourists accidentally encountered in the field. The branding formulation "Keep Exploring The Dangerous Golden Dragon in the World" is expected to strengthen the image of East Manggarai Tourism Destinations as a competitive new brand and supports the image of tourism in East Nusa Tenggara as The New Tourism Territory.    

The province of Bali, Indonesia, as a tropical destination with abundant natural resources, exhibits a serious focus on the agriculture and livestock sectors. The Simantri program, as a local government innovation, aims to accelerate the adoption of agricultural technology in rural communities. Bio gas, as a renewable energy alternative, emerges as a crucial solution amid the challenges posed by unsustainable fossil fuels. The Simantri Farmers Group in Br. Sandakan, Sulangai Village, faces challenges in introducing their bio gas products to the community. In the Community Service activity, a documentary video was created as an effective informational medium, successfully introducing, enhancing understanding, and raising awareness about the use of bio gas among the community. The video not only promoted the product but also strengthened the role of Simantri in village development and tourism potential. The success of this activity reaffirms that utilizing video-based informational media is an effective step in introducing innovations, enhancing understanding, and supporting the well-being of the local community.

Currently tourism in Indonesia is growing very rapidly. The role of stakeholders is very necessary in planning a tourist destination because it can help to develop tourism potential in a village. This research focuses on discussing community based tourism development collaboration at Pacu jalur events in Kuantan Singingi Regency and what factors inhibit collaboration in community-based tourism development at Pacu jalur events in Kuantan Singingi Regency. The aim of this research is to find out how collaborative community based tourism development is at the pacu jalur event in Kuantan Singingi Regency and what are the inhibiting factors for collaboration in community based tourism development at the pacu Jalur event in Kuantan Singingi Regency using the pentahelix model of 5 stakeholders. This study used qualitative research is descriptive methods. This research found that the roles of each stakeholder are: academics focus on tourism planning based on existing theories, the government focuses on policy makers in developing tourism potential, business actors as nails in creating added value and maintaining economic growth in the surrounding area, and the role of the role of the community is to help manage tourism potential and the role of the media is to promote and help inform the wider community about the spur route. The research results found that collaborative governance has run quite optimally. The inhibiting factors in community-based tourism development collaboration were also revealed, namely, a) Lack of pentahelix coordinators in the development of Pacu jalur tourism, b) Lack of support for road infrastructure access in the development of Pacu jalur tourism, c) Low creativity and innovation at Pacu jalur tourism locations. Through this research, it can be used as an evaluation so that it can increase the efforts of the Department of Tourism and Culture in developing tourist attractions leading to national events.