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Village Economy Supporting Tourism (Fulan Fehan Tourism Case Study)

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This study aims to analyze the development of Fulan Fehan's tourist attraction as a supporter of the village economy. This study uses primary data through interviews with 3 informants who are village officials, tourist attraction managers, and the community around the tourist attraction, with an Analytical Hierarchy Process. The results showed that accessibility is a priority indicator in the development of Fulan Fehan tourism objects as a supporter of the village economy with a weight of 0.264, facilities and infrastructure with a weight of 0.253, tourist attractions with a weight of 0.22, institutions with a weight of 0.169, and community participation with a weight of 0.094. The Belu Regency Government in developing Fulan Fehan tourism objects must prioritize the availability of transportation facilities by collaborating with travel agents, maintaining natural tourist attractions by providing trash bins, building a road network to facilitate access to tourist objects, building supporting facilities in the form of street lighting and water supply. clean, build tourism service facilities in the form of TIC (Tourism Information center), increasing the role of managers (traditional institutions) in coordinating and collaborating with the government and the private sector, building accommodation in the form of lodging at tourist attraction locations, increasing awareness and active participation of the community in managing cultural tourism attractions, increasing the role of government, especially in providing outreach to increase Community human resources around tourist objects and providing capital assistance, revitalizing the creative economy by providing training for the community, improving the management of supporting tourist attractions in the form of woven fabrics, dances and crafts, increasing public awareness about the potential of Fulan Fehan tourism objects, reviving tourism awareness groups, and increasing community activities that are more dominant towards a creative economy and agricultural products that can be sold at tourist objects.

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