Community Awareness of Local Culture for Sustainable Tourism: Case Study of Cikalong VillageCommunity Awareness of Local Culture for Sustainable Tourism: Case Study of Cikalong Village
Abstrak
Cikalong Village in Pangandaran Regency is one of the areas that still has well-preserved local
cultural wealth, but it has not been optimally utilized as part of sustainable human resource
development in the context of tourism villages. This study aims to examine the community's
understanding of local culture and its strategic role in strengthening the identity and potential
of the village. The method used is an exploratory approach with participatory observation,
literature review, and informal interviews with 34 community respondents from various age,
education, and occupational backgrounds. The research findings indicate that the community
has a fairly good understanding of local cultural values, but still faces challenges such as weak
cultural institutions, low digital literacy, and a lack of cultural practitioner regeneration. These
findings emphasize the importance of community empowerment strategies, digital literacy
training, and the creation of intergenerational spaces for adaptive cultural preservation.
Therefore, strengthening local cultural institutions, enhancing community digital capacity, and
implementing cultural practitioner regeneration programs are strategic steps in the
development of villages based on local wisdom. This research also contributes to the
development of cultural capital theory and community-based development in the context of
village development based on local wisdom
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