Social Capital in the Development of Ecotourism: A Case Study in Tambaksari Village Pasuruan Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia

The objective of the study was to analyze the effects of social capital aspects on the development of ecotourism

in Tambaksari Village, East Java Province, Indonesia. Five latent variables related to social capital in tourism

development, namely, trust, relationship, norm, participation and ecotourism development were analyzed using

Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results of the study showed that there was a relationship between

networking and ecotourism development, but there was no relationship between trust and ecotourism

development. There was also no relationship between norms and ecotourism development. This research found

that there was a relationship between community participation and ecotourism development. All these results

show that social capital is one of the fundamental aspects towards sustainable tourism scenarios in Tambaksari

Village.

Rukavina Baksh, Soemarno, Luchman Hakim, and Iwan Nugroho.  2013.  Social Capital in the Development of Ecotourism: A Case Study in Tambaksari Village Pasuruan Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia.   J. Basic Appl. Sci. Res. 2013 3(3): 1-7