Mapping of Local Government Authorities in Creative Economy Sector to Encourage Tourism Industry Development

This study aims to analyze and map the authority of local governments to develop the creative economy to encourage economic development, especially the development of the tourism industry. In essence, the granting of autonomy to regions is directed at accelerating the realization of community welfare, through the implementation of government affairs. Postreform regional autonomy is a new chapter in governance that leads to a bottom-up approach. Regional governments through decentralization have great authority and responsibility in developing their regions, including in the development of the creative economy. This study uses a normative legal research method with a statutory and conceptual approach. The results of this study indicate that: government affairs in the tourism sector are concurrent government affairs that are divided between the central government and local governments. Concurrent government affairs are the basis for local governments to implement regional autonomy. Based on local government legal regimes and sectoral legal regimes, at least local governments have the authority to develop the creative economy which includes, integrating creative economic development in regional development planning documents, increasing the capacity of creative economy actors, and developing creative economy ecosystems. Therefore, in realizing the regional authority so that it can be felt by the community, the regional government needs to put it in the form of regional policies through the formation of regional legal products. Keywords—creative economy; tourist; regional authority; autonomy.