Kajian Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Lokal Berdasarkan Pariwisata Halal Studi Kasus : Kabupaten Sembalun Lombok Timur, Indonesia

• Main Author: Ima Rahmawati Sushanti
• Format: Article
• Language: Indonesian
• Published: Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo 2019-09-01
• Series: Ekuilibrium: Jurnal Ilmiah Bidan Ilmu Ekonomi
• Subjects: Halal Tourism, Geopark, Empowerment, Local Economy
• Online Access: http://journal.umpo.ac.id/index.php/ekuilibrium/article/view/1932
• ISSN: 1858-165X; 2528-7672

Halal tourism is brand for West Nusa Tenggara province. Sembalun as one of halal destinationis part of Rinjani circumference and designated as a world Geopark by UNESCO. This study is aimed to assess the local economic empowerment base on halal tourism in Rinjani. The descriptivequalitative method was chosen to analyze the data. The Participatory Rural Appraisal is used as an instrument to identify the expectations of local economy society. The study showed that local economic empowerment that could be developed as follows: 1)Halal food initiative through increasing community participation and skills, involving institutions, providing intensive assistance, and increasing the role of community and institution in creating cooperation,2)Worship facility, improvement through increasing quality and maintenance of available worship facilities, 3)Services during Ramadhan by improving the community and institutional capacity as well as delivering information to tourism operators and visitors, 4)Supporting facilities upgrading through increasing the nuoleh mbers of water-friendly toilets both quantity and quality, 5) Halal activities enrichment by eliminate non-halal activities and promote halal activities only, 6)Privacy leisure facilities and services provisioning through increasing institutional and community capacity in providing privacy leisure facilities and services as well as develop cooperation with stakeholders.