Smart tourism village, opportunity, and challenge in the disruptive era

Abstract

Tourism villages in the disruptive era inevitably have to adapt to technological advancements and the needs of millennials. The speed and clarity of information is a demand for the development of tourism villages today in addition to the innovation and uniqueness of tourist attractions. Efforts to build a model that is in line with these demands have begun to involve relevant stakeholders, i.e., village tourism managers, local governments, and tourists. Nevertheless, more in-depth studies are needed regarding the local wisdom of rural communities who are key actors in the development of tourism villages. This paper aims to explain the initial research in formulating a development model of smart tourism village based on information and communication technology. The case taken is tourism villages in Sleman district. A sampling of study cases in the form of tourism villages following the categories that have been determined by the Sleman Regency tourism office Initial search results show that there is no integration between village potential, systematic management, and meeting the needs of balanced tourists. This finding is the first step to formulate an ICT-based intelligent tourism village development model that is effective and efficient while still based on local wisdom in the effort to preserve nature and culture as a determining factor for the sustainability of tourism villages.