TOURISM VILLAGES AND GEOTOURISM GUIDES: EDUCATION FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Abstract

The Tangkubanparahu volcanic accident poses a significant risk to visitors and the local people in the Cikahuripan Tourism Village because of the high level of tourism activities there. Pokdarwis Tjikahoeripan Gebied's empowerment as a partner must be increased through a number of difficult tasks, but initiatives to help with the creation of disaster-based geotourism guides have the potential to give partners information and skills. The purpose of this activity is to offer direction for geotourism based on disaster in the Cikahuripan Tourism Village. This activity uses action research as its methodology, and data was gathered through target partner training, observation, documentation, and interviews. Both descriptive qualitative and descriptive quantitative data analysis were used for the data analysis. Three of the six tourism attractions are centred on geology, according to the activity's findings. Reinterpreting geotourism is helpful when building geotourism resource materials. Disaster-based geotourism guiding training is used to carry out activity implementation for partners. The training's outcomes demonstrate the target partner's positive value when compared to the values obtained before and after the training. Through geotourism guiding, this activity may have repercussions for several parties, particularly tourism village administrators in disaster-prone areas.