Empowering Awing Gading Bamboo Processing Innovation in Wukirsari Village to Increase Added Value and Local Community Welfare

Abstract

Wukirsari Village is one of the tourist villages located in Imogiri District, Bantul Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta Province. The beauty of Wukirsari is offered to both domestic and foreign tourists. This study aims to provide innovation in processing awing gading bamboo in Wukirsari. The benefits are to increase added value and welfare for the local community to be productive in making bamboo crafts. Data sources were collected through observation methods, interviews, and focus group discussions involving bamboo craftsmen. The results of this study indicate that the community, government, universities, the business world, and the media have an active role in developing Wukirsari into a tourist village known to the wider community.