Socio-enterprise as a Solution for Pro-poor Halal Tourism Project

Abstract

The study discusses the influence of tourism on poverty and community welfare in NTB Indonesia which is supported by the theory of Pro-Poor Tourism through the concept of Socioenterprise in halal tourism. This study uses a mix method, namely panel data regression with the object of 10 provinces and districts in West Nusa Tenggara. Descriptive qualitative approach by proposing the concept of sociopreneur as a constructive solution to the implementation of pro-poor tourism. The data from this study were obtained from interviews with related departments, direct observations and from related documents. The results showed that the seven variables in this study, namely the number of tourist visits, the number of tourism businesses, the population, the average length of schooling, unemployment, GDP and PAD had a significant effect on poverty in 10 districts and cities in NTB both simultaneously and individually. The emergence of a concept of Sociopreneur Bajang Pacu, Bajang Pacu has a business unit consisting of Charity Holiday and Ecotourism, people's lodging with a guest concept, rental of climbing equipment and cars, positive hangout shops, while the social unit consists of the 1000 book movement for Lombok, orphaned safari, cinema orphans, and trainings related to tourism development.