E - Conference Universitas Merdeka Malang, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM STUDIES (ICONHOSTS) 2023

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Optimizing Traditional Sports Towards an Ecoedu Sport Tourism Destination in Muncar Village, Semarang Regency
Khoiril Anam, Fajar Awang Irawan, Nurdian Susilowati, Muhammad Muhibbi

Date: 2023-12-06 10:00 AM – 02:40 PM
Last modified: 2023-12-06

Abstract


Based on the Muncar RPJMDes 2019-2025, the problems in the Economic Sector include 1,104 socially low-income families and 313 families with RTLH. Problems in the Socio-Cultural Sector, namely that although there is a lot of artistic/cultural diversity, the equipment of art groups is not complete. The potential of local wisdom, such as traditional sports, has yet to be considered. Tourism Sector Overview: Muncar Village has enormous potential to be developed into Ecoedu Sport Tourism. This community service aims to empower partners towards Ecoedu Sport Tourism destinations with local wisdom. This activity aims to solve problems related to the economic, socio-cultural, and tourism sectors with a holistic approach based on multidisciplinary research.

The methods used in this service are observation and interview methods, socialization, forum group discussions, training, and practice. The partners involved in this service are stakeholders and the community of Muncar Village, KPOTI Semarang district, Muncar Village youth organization, Muncar Village Pokdarwis, and Muncar Village PKK group.

The results of this community service in the 1st year of this service, the service team focused on tracing and socializing traditional sports as Ecoedu Sport Tourism in Muncar Village, as well as increasing the Human Resources of the Ngidam Muncar Tourism manager. Some of the activities that have been carried out in the first year of 2023 are a Literature study on traditional sports as Ecoedu Sport Tourism referring to SWOT analysis, Reintroduction of traditional games for children in Muncar Village, Socialization and training of traditional sports, Forum Group Discussion (FGD) about UNNES assisted tourism village, Traditional sports festival, and Cultural event of Ngidam Muncar Tourism Village.

Suggestions that can be given to the Muncar Village Government in developing the tourism village are as follows: Keep and preserve the cultural heritage and traditional sports, collaborate with experts in their fields, Facility development, Training programs to support human resources, Hold performances and shows to attract visitors, Cultural enrichment by combining traditional sports with other cultural elements, Documentation, Include educational programs, Partnership with schools.

Keywords


Traditional_Sports; Ecoedu; Sport_Tourism

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