Implementation Strategy of a Community-Based Tourism Approach at Siwang Village Tourist Destination, Ambon City, Maluku Province, Indonesia

Meike Elsa Toisuta (Christian Religious Education Study Program, Faculty of Christian Education Sciences, Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Ambon, Indonesia)
Yamres Pakniany (Sociology Education Study Program, Faculty of Christian Education Sciences, Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Ambon, Indonesia)
Alce Albartin Sapulette (Sociology Education Study Program, Faculty of Christian Education Sciences, Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Ambon, Indonesia)
Asweres A.F. Termas (Sociology Education Study Program, Faculty of Christian Education Sciences, Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Ambon, Indonesia)
Elvis Salouw (Department of Tourism, Insitut Teknologi dan Bisnis Kristen Bukit Pengharapan, Indonesia)
Heinrich Rakuasa (Department of Geography, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Tomsk State University, Russian Federation)

Asian Journal of Environmental Research
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2026): January-April

The development of tourist destinations with a community-based tourism approach is one form of alternative tourism that has the potential to be carried out. Tourism destination development activities carried out by the community often unknowingly have implemented a community-based tourism approach, as happened in the tourist destination of Siwang Village, Ambon City. Through a qualitative methodology, this study found that the people in Siwang Village have successfully implemented a community-based tourism approach to develop their tourism potential and attractiveness. Siwang Village is one of the mountainous tourist destinations in Ambon City, Maluku Province, which has been successfully managed independently by optimizing its potential and human resources. This research was conducted in 2021 by making the community key informants and policy makers and tourists additional informants.