Tourism-Based Economic Empowerment Gunungsari Tourism Village, Madiun Regency

Today's tourism industry is one of the foreign exchange-producing sectors for developed or developing
countries; by utilizing natural resources and good management, this industry is one of how the State or region
introduces their respective potentials. Tourism has its charm because it brings income to local communities
and can improve the community's economy. Community participation is a form of public awareness to build
economic sectors in each region; community participation is the essential factor in planning or economic
empowerment programs determined to improve the local community's economy itself. In connection with
this, the author is interested in researching economic empowerment based on tourism in the village of
Gunungsari in Madiun Regency. This study uses a qualitative method sharpened by descriptive analysis.
Research results show that community-based tourism is proven to improve the economy of local
communities by empowering the potential around them. One form of tourism-based economic
empowerment in this study is to develop cultural tourism villages using empowerment strategies that include
human resource development, group institutional development, community capital fertilization, productive
business development, and generating return to the entrepreneurial spirit of the community.