Mekarbuana Village located in Tegalwaru, Karawang district, West Java, is about 45 kilometers from the center of Karawang, and has potential for agro-tourism and natural tourism, because according to the village head, Jaji Maryono, the village is a provider of coffee, durian, mango, avocado, and bananas. The tourism  that are available are Curug Cigentis, Curug Bandung, and tours along the flow of the river. This tourist destination is a favourite destination of both locals and citizens around Karawang to spend the weekend with the family. Due to the tourist potential in his village, the village chief acknowledged that he wanted to bring Mekarbuana Village  into a tourist village, but still needed support and enhanced human resource capacity (HRM) to manage the village. The problem is that the tourism organization in the village are not functioning, so the wheel of tourism in that village is still not balanced. This activity uses methods of accompaniment, socialization, and education carried out in integration with KKN students to the community and tourists in Mekarbuana Village. The result of this community service activity is the reactivation of the pokdarwis management, the existence of the organization structure, the presence of the work plan, a varied tour package, as well as the Mekarbuana Village  already registered in the JADESTA. As to the conclusion of the activities, they feel very grateful and hoped that the organization will be able to maximize its management, and continue to run consistently and professionally in managing tourism in the village.

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menggali dan mengangkat nilai kearifan lokal di masyarakat desa wisata meat  dan mendeskripsikan hasil penelitian menjadi satu strategi pengembangan sumber daya manusia pariwisata berbasis kearifan lokal untuk mendukung sadar wisata dan  kualitas pariwisata yang berkelanjutan di kawasan Danau Toba baik itu melalui pendidikan dan pelatihan pariwisata secara formal maupun non-formal. Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi bahwa sangat pentingnya peran dari masyarakat lokal di daerah tujuan wisata. Peran tersebut bahwa masyarakat merupakan pelaku utama yang harus melaksanakan dan menghadirkan sapta pesona. Masyarakat adalah sumber daya manusia pariwisata utama untuk pengembangan pariwisata yang berkelanjutan berdasarkan  karakter cipta sadar wisata yang diangkat dari nilai kearifan lokal masyarakat masing-masing.
Kata Kunci : Kearifan lokal,sumber daya manusia pariwisata,budaya