Community Based Agro-tourism as an Innovative Integrated Farming System Development Model Towards Sustainable Agriculture and Tourism in Bali

ABSTRACT Bali economic growth is based on agriculture, small-scale industry, and tourism sectors. Agro-tourism of Salak Sibetan Plantation under local authority, an existing community-based development in eastern part of Bali, is descriptive qualitatively analyzed. Based on agro-tourism typology, it is identified as a working farm passive contact agro-tourism that provides farmhouse bed and breakfast, as well as a working farm indirect contact agro-tourism that offers some attractions (e.g. visiting salak plantation and picking of fresh fruit, visiting a winery and crispy chip demonstrations and tasting). Even though it was supported by other stakeholders (government, tourism industries, NGOs, and universities) since 1995, it was gradually developed. Village Ecotourism Network in collaboration with the manager for Farmer Group of Dukuh Lestari and local guides sold these attractions, but it has few numbers of visitors. The conditions might be due to limited capacity of local community in agro-tourism, limited budget to provide many standard agrotourism facilities, lack of adequate promotion, and limited agro-tourism landscaping. To improve agro-tourism development and contribution to sustainable Bali economic growth, appropriate capacity building programs on agro-tourism for local community, supported by government budget and/or corporate social responsibility programs will be helpful and useful. Key words: local authority, salak sibetan, sustainable agro-tourism