Healthy Rural Tourism with Good Management in Penglipuran Bali - Indonesia

The involvement of the rural tourism citizens in developing, maintaining and managing the village is the key to the success of a rural tourism. Rural citizens are the main drivers of the rural tourism activities, where local people are direct owners of tourism resources that visitors can enjoy. A commitment, which is successfully built from generation to generation, makes Penglipuran a rural tourism with a clean and healthy environment. The trust given to one resident manager can maintain the conservation of bamboo forests. The "Sapta Pesona" have been implemented and practiced. The management of the bamboo forest conservation, the commitment from both rural citizens and visitors to not smoking and their collaboration to manage the village waste and aware of the cleanliness of the environment are challenging practices since they require exceptional efforts to realize. However, when the initiative comes from the rural citizens, then it will be easier to execute these commitments.