The Impact of Home-Based Enterprise to Tourism Development (Case Study: Kartini Beach Jepara Central Java)

Abstract

Kartini beach is one of the most attractive places in Jepara (Jepara Tourism Development Planning). The development of tourism in Kartini beach brings many impacts. The development of tourism activities in Kartini beach has been increased in the last few decades. One of the impacts is the changing of the house function become a home-based enterprise to accommodate the tourism. The purpose of this study is to find out the forms of house changing to a home-based enterprise due to tourism. This study used qualitative rationalistic analysis technique with a comparative approach. Fourteen houses were selected as samples to represent 50 HBE. The results show that houses in kartini beach provides a place to live for the inhabitant and a space for various types of business relating to tourism. The most dominant proportion of HBE in Kartini beach is mixed type. As a result, that the type of HBE is mixed, then there is no clear division of space as public or private spaces, so that the existing spaces are considered to be beneficial, the space will change its function to accommodate economic interests.