Mega Erdawati
Universitas Cahaya Prima

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Inclusive Ecotourism and Social Transformation in Bone Regency Mega Erdawati; Andi Mudassir; Hazan Hazan; Nasaruddin Nasaruddin; Andi Wahyuni Syam
Strukturasi: Jurnal Ilmiah Magister Administrasi Publik Vol 7, No 2 (2025): STRUKTURASI: JURNAL ILMIAH MAGISTER ADMINISTRASI PUBLIK, SEPTEMBER
Publisher : Universitas Medan Area

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31289/strukturasi.v7i2.6508

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This study aims to analyze the development strategies of inclusive ecotourism and its role in promoting social transformation and improving community welfare in Bone Regency, South Sulawesi. A qualitative case study design was applied, involving 20 informants comprising tourism entrepreneurs, village officials, community leaders, youth, and NGO representatives. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews (45–90 minutes each), participatory observation at tourist sites, and analysis of 12 policy and program documents. The data were analyzed thematically using Miles and Huberman’s framework, with triangulation of sources and member checking to ensure validity. The results indicate that inclusive ecotourism strategies rely on optimizing local natural and cultural potential (e.g., waterfalls, forests, traditional cuisine), governance through Pokdarwis and village cooperatives, and multi-stakeholder collaboration. These practices have led to income diversification—household earnings from tourism increased by an estimated 20–35%—strengthened cultural identity, and improved social cohesion measured through greater youth and women’s participation. The main challenges remain limited infrastructure, low tourism literacy, and internal conflicts due to unclear benefit-sharing mechanisms. On the other hand, opportunities include growing youth involvement (over 40% of active actors in new initiatives), government support programs, and integration with the regional tourism sector. The findings imply that inclusive, community-based ecotourism can serve as a sustainable development model when supported by policy interventions in infrastructure, capacity building, and equitable governance. This study contributes theoretically by linking ecotourism to social transformation and practically by offering policy recommendations for rural tourism development.
Rural Gig Work and Social Protection Gaps: Administrative Invisibility among Ojek Gabah Workers Anita Syam; Mardi Mardi; Andi Asrijal; Hasnawati Hasnawati; Mega Erdawati
Strukturasi: Jurnal Ilmiah Magister Administrasi Publik Vol 8, No 2 (2026): STRUKTURASI: JURNAL ILMIAH MAGISTER ADMINISTRASI PUBLIK, SEPTEMBER
Publisher : Universitas Medan Area

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31289/strukturasi.v8i2.7382

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Rural gig-type work remains weakly represented in social-protection research, which has largely focused on urban platform labor or conventional agricultural employment. This study examines how occupational precarity is experienced among ojek gabah workers in Bone Regency, Indonesia, and how administrative arrangements shape access to social protection. A qualitative case study design was used, with phenomenological attention to workers’ lived experiences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 purposively selected informants: four ojek gabah workers, one landowning farmer/service user, one community leader, one village head, one BUMDes manager, one police representative, and one district Manpower Office representative; field observation provided contextual evidence. Precarity was organized through seasonal demand, task-based payment, discontinuous earnings, worker-provided motorcycles, and substantial occupational risk. The protection gap was located less in complete legal exclusion than in the transition from formal eligibility to administrative recognition and effective access, which was weakened by fluid occupational identities, incomplete worker data, limited scheme familiarity, and reliance on individual enrolment. Participants identified village government and BUMDes intermediation as a potentially feasible pathway for worker identification and collective enrolment, but the legal, financial, and operational viability of such arrangements remains untested. The study shows how rural non-platform gig work can become administratively difficult to recognize even where formal social-protection eligibility exists.