Development of Agrotourism to Support Community-Based Tourism toward Sustainable Agriculture

Sibetan village, Karangasem is a center of Salak (Salacca) plant in Bali and considered the origin of Salak plant. In this area was found 13 cultivars, on the other hands the visitor in agro-tourism salak is very low at 0.008% of the total of 462,233 tourists visiting Karangasem regency. This study aims to :1) identify the biophysical aspects of agrotourism, (2) study the characteristic patterns of the local institutional to support agrotourism based on community, and (3) formulating development models of agrotourism to support community-based tourism. Respondents were farmers, processors, traders and related agencies as 50 people. Data collection with interviews and FGD. Data were analyzed by using scoring techniques and swot analysis. The result showed that 1) SibetanVillage could potentially be developed as agrotourism with superior object salak garden, processed products made from plants and salacca fruits, unique culture and beautiful scenery in the hills Pemukuran. 2) Society was very interested in developing agrotourism-based community. 3) People really needed assistance both in the field of planning, development and management and assistance in post-harvest processing. 4) Needed to restructure the biophysical, social aspects, cultural, institutional, funding from government and other sources, marketing and increased a network of cooperation