MENGATUR DESA WISATA: WAWASAN PERAN LOCAL CHAMPION DALAM PENGEMBANGAN PARIWISATA BERBASIS KOMUNITAS
Kaligono Tourism Village (Dewi Kano) was one of ten national tourism village according to the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in 2014. Dewi Kano had been successfully implementing the PNPM Mandiri Pariwisata. The main concept of Kaligono tourism village development is communities empowerment in the planning process, implementation, and utilization of resources. The role of the community successfully influence the development of Kaligono tourism village. This achievement inflicted the question researcher "what the role of the community and how the management system in Kaligono Tourism Village?". This reseach aimed to identify the role of communities in the management of Kaligono Tourism Village (Dewi Kano). The research used descriptive qualitative with snowballing method. The results of this research shows that the villagers Kaligono implemented community development through the tourism sector. Development of Dewi Kano due to the initiative of the community, both individuals and groups. According stakeholder mapping, Pokdarwis is a player who has interest and major influence on the development of Dewi Kano. Communities act as planners, implementers, and beneficiaries of a tourist village in collaboration with external as partners and supporters, and also the government as the supervisor and advisor. Consistency which Pokdarwis did to manage Kaligono tourism village is the key of existence of tourism village.