Abstract

The promotion of tourism will bring a greater contribution, in terms of economic development, i.e. increased foreign expenditures, generate business activities, provide more capital and employment, induce more production, and improve per capita income. It goes without saying that the dollar contribution of this industry will greatly hasten the development of a region. Such condition could not be seen yet in Klipoh Borobudur. Klipoh is, a tourism village in Central Java Indonesia closed to Borobudur Temple. Klipoh is one of the poorest villages in Borbudur Regency Presently, the community faces some problems which hinder the development of tourism in their village, namely, limited tourism overview of the people, absence of infrastructure, inadequate government assistance in terms of budgeting and technical assistance. By using descriptive method, the study analyzes the stated problems and tries to identifies appropriate strategies that may be adopted to improve economic condition of the people.