Tourism Village and Impact on Labor Absorption in Jombang Regency

The motivation for this research is the success of a program that has been implemented by South Korea, known as Samuel Undong. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of the tourism village which consists of tourism objects, souvenir trading businesses, hotel and lodging businesses, food stalls and restaurants, transportation business on the absorption of labor in Jombang Regency. The analytical method used is path analysis. The results of the study of the number of tourists, the number of hotel & inns businesses, the number of restaurants businesses, the number of transportation businesses (Travel Bureau), have a significant effect on labor absorption. This means that the business potential in the form of a tourist village has contributed to the absorption of labor. This means that tourism villages have the potential to be developed because they can help solve problems regarding unemployment.