Tourism Components and The Perspective of Hospitality Industry in Supporting Sustainable Urban Tourism Development

Abstract

This research aims to explore the six tourism components of Bogor City, West Java-Indonesia and investigate the perspective of hotel and restaurant industry toward the development of sustainable urban tourism destination. This study used a qualitative-exploratory approach, based on four (4) aspects of sustainability tourism. Data collection techniques are through observation, semi-structured in-depth interviews from key informants to get a broader picture of the perspective of the role of hospitality industry, as well as documentation and literature studies. The informants in this study were the Chairman of the Indonesian Hotel & Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Bogor as representatives of the hospitality industry, and the Head of the Bogor Tourism Board which were then analyzed using descriptive-qualitative technique. The results of this study reveal a description of six tourism components of Bogor City and the role of hospitality industry toward development of sustainable tourism destination in the aspect of economic, environmental, social and cultural, even though it is still not optimal and needs to be further enhanced in tourism development planning. Some research implications i.e. increase understanding and quality of human resources, re-socialization of related government policies, and increase cooperation between all tourism stakeholders. Keywords—urban tourism; tourism components; sustainable tourism development planning.