Coastal Tourism Management to Support Economic Community Development in Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Problems and Solutions

Indonesia is the archipelago state. Indonesia comprise more than 17 thousand islands with beautiful panorama especially the magnificent of coastal tourist areas. Arief Yahya the minister of Tourism of Indonesia (2016) said Indonesia got 1 Million USD from coastal tourism or one percent of total foreign exchange. It shows that the government's policy on coastal tourism and its services sector are not yet fully implemented. Bantul regency have 13 coastal tourist areas which are not well managed yet, and four of them are not handed yet by government. This research is conducted in the field of research and library research. The aim of this research is to identify problems and offer solutions on coastal tourism management in Bantul Regency. Data were collected within observation, in-depth interview and documentation. The result of this study found that there are three main constraints in coastal tourism management, namely: (1) The synchronisation between government policy and community interests; (2) Human Resources; (3) Budget. The suggested solutions are that: (1) government should share their development programs and discuss it with the local community in order to get the support the programs. (2). The competency of human resources in the area of study is needed developing to be profesional tourist agents. (3). The tourism sector should be the first priority scale in the developmental stage. Similarly, the limited budget should be rearranged by government and the parliament.