community welfare and rural tourism

Growth in the number of villages from year to year shows a significant increase. one of thereasons is the high number of village expansion plans. since the promulgation of government regulationnumber 72 of 2005 concerning villages has had an implication on the increasing demands for villageexpansion. the main purpose of the division of villages is to prosper the community. to accelerate theprocess of improving the welfare of the village community the government changed the status of thevillage into a rural tourism. this study tried to analyze the welfare of the people of sumberbrantas villageafter the village division and was determined as a rural tourism and the factors that influence it. thewelfare of the people of sumberbrantas village after the village division and being designated as a ruraltourism has shown good progress due to the development of economic activities and adequate roadinfrastructure. however, more serious attention needs to be paid to improving education and healthservices and the promotion of rural tourism.