The Role of Government in Community Based Tourism and Sustainable Tourism Development at Penglipuran Traditional Village - Bali

Abstract: Penglipuran village located in the province of Bali is one of the famous tourist village with a spatial pattern and unique traditional architecture, cultural traditions and social life a typical community, where lush bamboo forest, and the presence of a hero memorial monument for pilgrimage tourism. There are fears of the sustainability of tourism in Penglipuran. The threat of such a threat bamboo forest sustainability and change traditional architecture of houses into modern buildings. Therefore, the role of government to be very important in empowering people to become actors of tourism in the environment, but still protecting the environment to realize sustainable tourism. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the government's role towards community based tourism and sustainable tourism development. The study was conducted by questionnaire to households in Penglipuran. Furthermore, the data were analyzed by SEM-PLS. The results showed that the government's role and significant positive effect on the community based tourism and sustainable tourism development in the Penglipuran traditional village. It is recommended that the government promote the conservation of nature-based tourism in Penglipuran. Moreover, every government program in order to stimulate public participation should be cooperating with the local indigenous institutions.