Pindul Cave
Contribute For People into Conflict by People
by : Vincentius B A P
Yogyakarta
Special Region is one of tourism destination in Indonesia. It’s the second
biggest destination in Indonesia after Bali.
Yogyakarta has various tourism attraction in its area, from the natural
tourism attraction, cultural tourism attraction, and also special interest
tourism attraction. Yogyakarta offer
many kind of natural attraction, it has beaches in the south, mountains, reservoir,
forest, and many other natural object which can be potential for tourism. In cultural attraction Yogyakarta has lot of
candi, palace, cultural center and also art center which can be interesting
attraction for tourist. Beside natural
and cultural tourism, there is also special interest tourism attraction which now has been emerge in Yogyakarta, the
example of special interest tourism
which has been developed in Yogyakarta is such as; tourism village, sport tourism,
adventure tourism, and ecological tourism.
All of those tourism attractions is spread in Yogyakarta Special Region
area, and those attraction are the potential for developing Yogyakarta tourism.
.
Special
tourism attraction now is one of developing tourism in Yogyakarta. It offers
alternative choice for tourist beside the ordinary natural and cultural
attraction. Special interest attraction
also becomes alternative ways of people to developed tourism business. Now,
tourism business is not only managed by the government or high capital company
but it also can develop by people with small capital. It’s the product of
people which realize that tourism potential to increase the people welfare. In Yogyakarta
the emerging of tourism developed by people or community can be seen from
tourism village which emerge and growth all over the region. With tourism
village which managed by the local people there is a way to gain more benefit
from tourism for the people.
One of the tourism villages which
get on the spotlight is Bejiharjo tourism village. Bejiharjo tourism village is
a tourism village which located in Karangmojo, Gunung Kidul Regency. It’s has
been a tourism village since 2010, and has been awarded as the runner up of
national tourism village award last year . The main attraction which offered in
Bejiharjo village is special interest tourism attraction which based on nature.
There are; Pindul Cave, Banyumoto Cave, and also Oya River.
Pindul Cave is the main tourism
attraction of Bejiharjo Village. Cave that located in Dusun Gelaran is a cave
with underwater river on it. This cave has unique view; it has various kinds of
stalactite and stalagmite in the cave. It also has three kind of zone inside,
the zone is divide by the light intense on the cave, there are; bright zone,
mid-dark zone, and total blind zone. The activity that can be done in Pindul
Cave is cave tubing, it’s kind of cave exploration by following the river which
flow under the cave. The cave tubing activities on Pindul cave are managed by
several groups which based on local people which handle tourism activities on
the area.
The development of Pindul Cave is
strated from the idea Subagyo and Karang Taruna (kind of youth group) of
Bejiharjo Village. They realize that the cave is a potential resources in the
village and can give good contribution for their village. Then in October 2010, after planing and
meeting for the tourism village concept, that day is the launching of Desa
Wisata Bejiharjo or Bejiharjo Tourism Village or called Dewa Bejo. The tourism
activity in that time is managed by POKDARWIS Bejiharjo or Bejiharjo tourism
group. The result on 2010 is there are 98 visitors until the end of the 2010
with income around Rp.450.000. It’s quiet small result but it not bad for attractions
which still emerge three month.
In 2011, Pindul Cave development has
very good progress. It get tourism development help from the government by PNPM
Mandiri program. The management of tourism village get money around fifty
million rupiah, the money was used to improve and buy facilities for the
tourism activities, such as; life jacket, bathroom, safety kit, promotion, etc. In the number of visitor there is also good progress,
there are 4928 people visit Pindul Cave in 2011 and receive income around one
hundred sixty two million rupiah.
The progress of Pindul Cave still
increase in 2012. Pindul Cave attract more visitor, even it’s more than ten
times higher than the 2011 visitor number. In 2012 there are 59.312 visitors
which visit Pindul Cave, with this visitor number Bejiharjo tourism group can
get income around 1, 8 billion rupiah? It’s a massive number for tourism
business which based on the local people.
The real income of the tourism
activities in Pindul Cave actually is even higher. It because until 2012 there
are three group which managed Pindul Cave, there are; Dewa Bejo, Panca wisata
and Wira Wisata. The total income of those three group is around 4, 6 billion
rupiah. It’s higher than the income of Gunung Kidul Regency which only 3, 9
billion rupiah. So we can see that Pindul Cave has make lot of money from the
tourism activities.
With the high number of income from
Pindul Cave tourism activities, it’s interesting to see how the income distributed
to the society. The income of the activity not only used for the management but
also the society. The distribution of the income are 50% for the guide, 25% for
the group officer, and 25% for the group saving. The composition of the group
is consisting of around 60 guide and 20 group officer. The income is dividing
by the end of the month. The money that received by the group member is depend
on the income each month, but normally a guide can get money around 1, 5
million until 3 million for each month.
The other group which manage Pindul
cave Wira Wisata and Panca Wisata. Those groups also contributed a massive
income from the tourism activities in Pindul. In 2012 Wira Wisata had around
63.683 people. It’s followed with total income around 2,4 billion rupiah. With
those income the group can shared the income with 150 member of Wira Wisata,
includes around 70 guides. In other side Panca Wisata which still new and
emerge in October 2012 has average visitor around 3400 visitor each month. Panca
Wisata has around 140 guides with group income around 100 million rupiah for
each month.
The main purpose of the tourism activity in
Pindul Cave is to increase the welfare of the society. It can be done directly
by increase the income of the people around Pindul Cave. People can join the
group which managed tourism activities and get income from the tourism
activities. People can work as a guide, officer for the group, or can sell some
food and souvenir around the cave area. With the extra income that people can get,
it supposed help increase the welfare of society which mostly is farmers.
The income of
the tourism activity also can increase the welfare of the society indirectly.
It can be done by the development of the infrastructure and facilities around
the village. The infrastructure of the village is developed to make the mobility
of tourist to Pindul better than before. The example is by repair the destroyed
road access into Pindul. The effect is not only feeling by tourist because they
get easy access, but also by the society because they can have good roads from
their money without depending on the government. The facilities in the village
also can be developed such as school and local clinic can developed from the
income of tourism activity.
The tourism activity also gives some benefit
for the society. It gives some additional knowledge for the society. The
example is for guide they will get guide knowledge learning, they also will
trained to be good guide, the guide also will get survival and emergency
training. With those skill and knowledge that they get it also help them
develop their self. In other side there are also entrepreneurship training for
people to trained and inspire them to open business and open more workforce for
the society. Although those training not directly from the tourism group and
just partnership program with outside society community but it also bring some
good effect for the society.
Unfortunately the good effect and
benefit from the tourism activity in Pindul Cave isn’t feeling by all of the
society. There are some people who feel they cannot feel the benefit and good
effect of tourism activities. In other side they look some others people get
much benefit from Pindul, so it makes jealous feeling in some people. This dissatisfied
and jealous feeling makes some people try to get the benefit of the tourism
activities directly. In other ways they gather and make new POKDARWIS or
tourism group which the purpose is also managed Pindul cave and other tourism
potential in Bejiharjo Village.
The new tourism
group firstly also bring good effect for the Pindul Cave. In that time the one
and only management is under Dewa Bejo, they that time cannot handle the high
number of visitor which came to Pindul Cave, they see the new tourism group as
patner in developing Pindul tourism activities. The relation between groups in
that time is give benefit each other, even Dewa Bejo help the development of
Wira Wisata and Panca Wisata. From that we can see that the relation between
tourism groups is quiet good.
Instead there are three groups which
quiet succeed developing Pindul Cave, there are some people who feel they not
gain any benefit from the tourism activity. Those people later than make new
group named Taruna Wisata. Taruna wisata feel they also have right to develop
Pindul Cave. Taruna wisata then see that there is opportunity to use unused
building in the top of the cave. Then they meet and ask permission of the land
owner of the top building. The owner of
the building mane is Atik Damiyati feel that she not asked permission of the
tourism activity before, finally give permission for Taruna Wisata.
The conflict emerges then when
Taruna Wisata group claimed that they are the legitimate or legal management of
the Pindul Cave. This claimed then makes i relationship between Taruna Wisata quiet
bad with others group which has developed before. The claimed of the land owner that she is the
owner of Pindul Cave also raising the conflict because the others group such
as; Dewa Bejo, Panca Wisata, and Wira Wisata feel that Pindul Cave is part of
the village land.
The other group feel different way
of closing cave issue. They think that the closing of the cave is unnecessary.
They also argue that the closing of the cave is give problem to them, because
they had scheduled tourist who want visit the cave. The legal issue of the land
also complicated also the governmental body in village and sub-district
confirmed that the tourism activities in the Pindul area is legal, because cave
and river is includes into the state properties and cannot own by the private. The groups also feel their work land will be
robbed if the cave is close. So this make the conflict get raising and more
complicated.
The conflict between groups in Pindul Cave surely
brings bad impact for the society. The first effect of the conflict the bad
image that Pindul Cave get from the image. The conflict has emerged in the
media, not only in the Yogyakarta, but also outside Yogyakarta. The image also
gone bad when visitor come to the cave and they seen the conflict image such as
closed sign, or even people confronting each other. Surely wirh those image
visitor will feel their threading and harmful to visit Pindul Cave.
The other bad effect is the society
harmony that now harmful to be broken by this conflict. The conflict between group in Bejiharjo
village will make the relationship between people in the society are not good,
especially between the group which had conflict. If the society unity is broken
it will make the purpose of the society development failed. It because of impossible to developed a
society which not unity, with that condition it will not bring the important
thing of human life, which is peace.
The conflict in Pindul Cave must
solve carefully and accommodate the people needs of this conflict. The main purpose of this conflict solving is
not only for the existence of Pindul Cave as tourism attraction but also for
the better condition of Bejiharjo society. The conflict make the society divide
into groups with different purpose and point of view. The conflict solving even
it seems impossible needs to accommodate all society needs for the better
condition in the future.
The local
government of Gunung Kidul, had a point to solve this conflict. First of all
these conflict can disturb the social and economical in Bejiharjo, and it also
can give a problem for the regency, because Pindul Cave now is the most
valuable tourism attraction in Gunung Kidul.
Secondly, the political issue also infiltrate into the conflict, if the
political factor infiltrate deeper in the society, it’s harmful to see much
higher. So, with such kind of condition, the local government should take care
of this conflict quick and carefully.
The government can make some action
to resolve this conflict of people.
Firstly it can be done by make clear regulation according tourism
activities. From that we can control the tourism activities, so it will be
ordered and can be synchronized with the government regulation. Secondly, government can mediate the group
which has conflict, give solution for both side. After that government can take
an action which can help the people solve the problem, for example build cooperation
which can be an organization to unity the differences between sides. Later than
this organization can be the priority organization which managed Pindul Cave
and other tourism potential, the management of the organization surely must
consider the society empowerment value. So it will achieve the goal of society
empowerment.
Society which involved in the Pindul
conflict also must realize that conflict is not the best option for them. Both
of the side must realize that the uncertain condition in the area could give
them bad effect and may be resistant for their goal. Both of the side should
calm down and not provoke each other to make the conflict worst. They can compromising
their idea, point of view, opinion and solution for the conflict so the conflict
not makes the society divide and make unsafely condition in the society.
Compromising idea can be good
solution for this conflict resolution. It’s started because from dissatisfied
people tried to get the benefit from the Pindul tourism activities. Meanwhile
the main purpose of the Pindul tourism activities is for the people. From this
point, there is the same goal between both groups. With compromising each other
maybe there is some solution for this conflict, even maybe it will emerge new
idea to make the society empowerment from the Pindul tourism activities succeed.
At the end, conflict in Pindul Cave
should be managed well and has quick resolve. It’s because society need to be
united to develop their environment. It’s important to make the society work
together in good relation for their development. So it will makes the society development
achieved well. .
Source :
http://www.desawisatabejiharjo.net/#
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