Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat dan Riset Pendidikan
Vol. 4 No. 4 (2026): Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat dan Riset Pendidikan Volume 4 Nomor 4 April - Juni

Utilizing Social Media and Creating Creative Content as a Means of Digital Tourism Branding: Pengabdian

Joice Soraya (Politeknik Negeri Malang)
Riris Lawitta (Universitas Musamus)
Audisty Prana Hardayu (Institut Bisnis dan Ekonomi Indonesia)
Sriwanti Belani (Universitas Muhammadiyah Luwuk)
Nindy Puspitasari (Institut Bisnis dan Ekonomi Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2026

Abstract

The community-based tourism sector in various regions of the Indonesian archipelago, such as Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi, holds enormous potential, but is often hampered by limited marketing reach and suboptimal use of digital technology. This community service (PkM) activity aims to increase the capacity of tourism destination managers to utilize social media and produce creative content as an effective tourism branding tool in these four strategic regions. The activity was implemented through technical guidance (bimtek) methods, including digital literacy training, visual and audiovisual content creation workshops, and direct assistance with strategies for optimizing Instagram and TikTok platforms. The target audience for this activity was tourism awareness groups (Pokdarwis) and micro-businesses around local tourist destinations. The activity results showed a significant increase in partners' understanding of social media aesthetics (feeds and reels), attractive photography techniques, and content calendar development. Furthermore, this activity succeeded in producing a number of creativecontent that was immediately uploaded, resulting in increased audience interaction (engagement rates) on tourism social media in each region.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jerkin

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

Description

Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat dan Riset Pendidikan is a journal on Faculty of Education. Jurnal JERKIN: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat dan Riset Pendidikan is under the auspices of the Faculty of Education, Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai. The journal is registered with E-ISSN: 2961-9890. Jurnal ...