Spatial Distribution of Livelihood Assets of Tourism Village in West Ungaran Subdistrict Semarang Regency Central Java Province Indonesia

Abstract

Development is a process of change to obtain a better state. Development covers all aspects of life, and one of the areas of development is tourism, while the tourist village is one of the rural tourism destinations that still requires a lot of attention from various parties, especially to support sustainable livelihood. This research is aimed to study the spatial distribution of tourist villages, livelihood assets, and their contribution in the tourist villages. The research location was conducted in West Ungaran District, Semarang Regency. The research population is tourism village and residents in every tourism village. All tourist villages are the object of study, so it is a population study. Data analysis used is descriptive quantitative, presented in table and picture. Analysis of spatial distribution of tourist villages used nearest neighbor analysis. The result of the research shows that in Sub District of Ungaran Barat, tourism village has a spatial distribution including clustered, there are 4 (four) of tourism villages namely Lerep village, Keji village, Nyatnyono village, and Gogik village. Livelihood assets in tourist villages include natural assets, physical assets, human assets, institutional assets and financial assets. The condition of livelihood assets in each tourist village varies greatly. Natural assets are the dominant asset of livelihood, while the assets of human resources are low, so it must be improved to support the realization of sustainable livelihood of tourist villages. Keywords—: tourist village; livelihood assets; spatial distribution, sustainable tourism