Sustainable Tourism: Re-Mapping Stakeholders in the Darma Reservoir Tourism Attraction

¹ Department of Public Administration Study Program, Faculty of Administration Science, Universitas Lancang Kuning, Pekanbaru 28261, Indonesia
² Department of Sharia Tourism, Faculty of Islamic Economy and Business, Universitas Islam Negeri Siber Syekh Nurjati, Cirebon 45132, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: fajarwaty@unilak.ac.id

Abstract

This paper discusses the stakeholders in the tourist area, in this case, the Darma Reservoir, Kuningan Regency, Cirebon, West Java. What is interesting in this study is that the government as a stakeholder is divided into two parties, the government as Regional Government through regional companies (BUMD), and the government as Village Government. This structure-initiated dualism in the management of the Darma Reservoir and gave rise to initiative and innovation for village residents in the tourist area to accelerate the economic turnaround in their village. Unlike traditional single-tier governance in tourism, this dual structure supports long-term sustainable tourism in the Darma Reservoir area in general. The method used in this research is a qualitative research method with a case study approach and purposive sampling. The findings of this research emphasize the urgency of stakeholders mapping in tourist areas, for sustainability in the tourism sector. The novelty of this study lies in its proposal of an adaptive stakeholder framework that reconciles diverse interests within sustainable tourism planning, offering insights for other regions facing similar governance challenges.