DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM VILLAGE, SPORT TOURISM, CREATIVE CULTURE AND ECONOMY IN NORTH BALI
Abstract
Tourism village development is a priority in North Bali (Buleleng). Priority of the strategy tourism village development is sports tourism including; water sports tourism, mountain sports tourism, and cultural tourism to support the community's economy during the covid 19 pandemic. Needs of tourism and sports as well as activities that can made a new businesses, service bureaus, and new products are create by developing tourist villages. Buleleng natural tourism destination can be a new business in the field of tourism and sports. Based on the local wisdom of the community, high cultural values, hilly soil texture, gently sloping beaches, "NyegaraGunung" nature tourism, various beliefs, and the friendliness of the Buleleng people are the mainstay of the creation of a new tourist village. Soil texture/hill areas and plantations are very suitable for trekking/hiking, camping, and outbound tourism sports. The sloping beach with relatively small waves is perfect for diving, snorkeling, fishing, seeing dolphins on the high seas, and various water excursions. Culture of Bali's high-value also supports the arrival of domestic and foreign tourists, even though during the COVID-19 pandemic, the community's economy was able to survive.
Buleleng has a variety of unique traditions such as: SapiGerumbungan in Lovina, Nyepi Uma tradition in Bungkulan Village, BantengDuwe tradition in Tambakan Village and other cultural tourism destinations such as the typical building in Pedawa Village, Bale GedeNyoman Rai Srimben (House of President Soekarno's mother) , buildings and Alquran at the Masjid Agung Jami, Klenteng Ling GwanKiong Tri Dharma (TITD) and historic Hindu's temples in Buleleng which have unique building carving characteristics and there are still many distinctive traditions that only exist in Buleleng which has the potential to be developed as a tourist destination culture by tourism actors.
The development of tourist villages in Buleleng includes; AmbenganJembong tourism village, Sekumpul waterfall tourism village, Sambangan tourism village, PanjiAnom tourism village, Tegallinggah tourism village, Busungbiu, weighing beach, Gerobogan beach, Pemuteran beach, Menjangan beach/island and Lovina beach. Several tourism village developments have brought in a lot of domestic and foreign tourists, so that it has an impact on the income / economy of the community. The support of the local government, the tourism office, the cultural office, educational institutions, and related agencies is very serious in developing and creating new tourist areas/villages in Buleleng.
