Strategi Pengembangan Desa Wisata Limbasari Kecamatan Bobotsari Kabupaten Purbalingga

This research was entitled “Strategy of Developing Rural Tourism in Limbasari Bobotsari District Purbalingga Regency”. The purpose of this research to receive the description about situation surrounding rural tourism in Limbasari both internal and external and also to have alternative for the strategy that could be apply to develop the rural tourism in Limbasari. The type of this research was descriptive qualitative and quantitative. Based data for this research are primary data and secondary data obtainable from interview the subject, questioner, and publication. The analysis method are used is SWOT analysis to formulate the strategy. SWOT analysis was strategic scheming method used for evaluate the strength, weaknesses, opportunity, and also threat under business project or speculation business. The results of this research used IFE matrix and EFE matrix showed IFE matrix total value is 3,64 and EFE matrix total value is 3,71. Both total value are used for IE and SWOT matrix analysis. IE matrix used for analyze whole total value and the result showed rural tourism in Limbasari located in cells I (one) means Limbasari could use growth and development strategy such as intensive or integrative strategy. Based on SWOT analysis there are five strategy of SO, eight strategy of WO, four strategy of ST, and four strategy of WT. The implication from this research is rural tourism in Limbasari be expected to upgrade human resources in order to develop the rural tourism more better and professional by join the training rural tourism, study comparative to another rural tourism that more developed, and also increase awareness villagers against tourism are potential by doing socialization about the village itself. The developers should increase facilities and infrastructures for the visitors such as trash can, hygiene sign, toilet, transportation, food and beverages hall, gifts and souvenir shop, and information sign about the location in tourism place to increase the visitors interest. The utilization of information technology should increase too as tools to introduce and promote the potentials from the tourism place to the public

Kemiskinan Pada Keluarga Penambang Pasir Di Tiga Desa Daerah Aliran Sungai Tajum Kabupaten Banyumas Poverty of Sand Miner Family in Three Villages at Tajum River Flowing Area, Banyumas Regency

The aim of this research was to know poverty of sand miner family at Tajum river flowing area, Banyumas and their received advocacy. Data were collected from 60 respondents chosen by cluster sampling method. Result of the research showed that respondents worked daily as sand miner in average of 7.25 hours and received their income of Rp10,131.00 or Rp303,979.00 per month. Their low income and high number of family member (average of 4.75 persons) pushed they and their family member to work for additional income. The average of total income was Rp915,382.00 and income per capita was Rp197,712.00. This income was small above poverty line. The economic of sand miner depended on the investors and their participation included their advocacy for improving were needed, because they understood more the miner problems

Aplikasi Willingness To Pay: Proksi terhadap Penentuan Harga (Model Empirik dalam Estimasi Permintaan Air PDAM Rumah Tangga di Kabupaten Banyumas)

The price of freshwater is still determined by PDAM, owned by local government, as a producer. It indicates that PDAM as a monopolist. It can be explained that freshwater is public goods so must be distributed equitably among the people. Thereby there is price discrimination of freshwater for costumer based on the willingness to pay (WTP). The price based on WTP can be defined as the costumer ability for paying the rate of freshwater using by household. This research are aimed to analyze WTP by utility concept on demand of freshwater used by household and determine the rate of WTP as a proxy of freshwater price paid by household. The result shows that the people have the kindness to pay costs for using freshwater trough PDAM. The rate of WTP for using freshwater is about Rp395,41/m3 and the total WTP of one household is Rp9252,59/month excluded from administered cost

Factors Affecting PDAM Water Demand of Household “a” Category in Purworejo Regency

This research aimed to analyze the effect of income, water price, number of family members, and the ownership of water source, as well as the most influential variable to PDAM demand water of household “A” category in Purworejo regency Banyuurip branch. Population in this research was PDAM subscribers of household “A” category in Banyuurip sub-district by 67 subscribers. The tecnique of data analysis used a multiple linear regression with Ordinary Least Square method (OLS). The analysis result indicated that water price and ownnership of other water source had a negative and significant effect, while the number of family member had positive but insignificant effect, and the income had insignificant effect to PDAM water demand of household “A” category in Banyuurip sub-district