This activity was carried out as an effort to help tourism actors to design sustainable tourism in Dewi Pandang tourist destination. The various activities carried out are also an effort to implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) No. 1: No Poverty, No. 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and No. 17: Partnership for the Goals in tourism practices. This activity is part of the implementation of tridarma, namely community service carried out by lecturers of the UGM Tourism Study Program, Runavia Mulyasari, S.Ant., M.A., together with M. Jhony Fonsen (student), and Fatimah Azzahrah, S.Par., alumni of the UGM Faculty of Arts Tourism Study Program.

The Indonesian government through Law Number 10 Year 2009 made tourism as a form of economic development in rural areas. Rural areas are considered to have great potential in the form of natural wealth and cultural values of the community. Integration of rural communities with tourism is done through the development of tourism villages in various regions including in tourist destinations that have developed. However, the planning process of developing tourist destinations into tourist villages often does not receive attention and support from the government. This of course implies that the planning process often does not run smoothly.

However, problems often arise in the process of planning and developing tourist villages. One of them is that the planning of tourism village development is entirely left to the community without intensive assistance from the authorities in developing a sustainable tourism village.

Tourism is a variety of tourist activities supported by various facilities and services provided by various stakeholders involved in tourism activities. According to Law No.1/2009 on Tourism, there are four elements in tourism, namely industry, destination, marketing, and institutions. These four elements are filled by various actors with their respective roles and duties.

In an effort to organize sustainable tourism in rural areas, the government designed the concept of a tourist village that has the principles of economically feasible, environmentally feasible, socially acceptable, and technologically appropriate. To turn an area into a tourist village, it is necessary to pay attention to several criteria, namely seeing the tourism potential in the area, the presence of people who are willing to get involved, having formal institutions, being able to respond to opportunities by providing support in the form of tourist facilities, and having the ability to develop a tourist market.

In the planning process, the community around Dewi Pandang destination needs to identify the existing conditions of various tourism potentials (fisheries, culture, agriculture and MSMEs). This identification process is then derived through a mature tourism development plan as an effort to improve community welfare, preserve nature, and community culture. Strengthening through meeting the potential of the local community can help the implementation of sustainable tourism activities.

The output results in the form of Dewi Pandang planning videos can be accessed through the following link:

This Community Service activity is a subtheme of the big theme carried out by the Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM, namely “Foreign Language Training that can be applied in the community or students”. FIB UGM encourages the emergence of community empowerment around the campus to become a learning and empowered community. This program is focused on the community around the campus, namely Caturtunggal, Terban, and Sinduadi Villages. In this context, the community can be interpreted broadly, not limited to the native / local population in the village. Therefore, immigrant students are also part of the beneficiaries of this program.

On March 15-29, 2024, the Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM Community Service team guided by Alvanita, S.S., M.Ed., Lecturer in English Literature at Faculty of Arts UGM, in collaboration with Mardliyah Islamic Center (MIC) held an English language improvement activity, especially for TOEFL ITP for students around the MIC environment. This activity aims to provide provisions for participants to further improve their skills in English, especially in listening, grammar, and reading. This activity is expected to help participants to get a good TOEFL score, making it easier for them to get internships, student exchanges, and work in the future. In addition to English skills, this activity also aims to motivate participants to be more courageous in the international realm with their English skills.

This activity was attended by 20 participants from various universities around the MIC region. Generally, they are students who live around MIC with different study program backgrounds. This program is held once a week every Saturday for two hours. Participants are equipped with the TOEFL ITP Module compiled by the PkM team to help participants learn independently outside the TOEFL class session. In addition, the teacher also provides material including what TOEFL is, functions, scoring, tips and tricks, to get a good score, as well as a detailed explanation for each skill. In between TOEFL materials, the lecturer also tells stories about the cultures of other countries to broaden students’ knowledge and reduce culture shock.

This activity is also an effort to support SDGs, especially Quality Education (SDG 4). With quality education, participants will have superior provisions to enter the increasingly competitive world of work. TOEFL training is indeed a first step to equip participants to flap wider wings to the international job market.

Sunday, January 28, 2024, Lecturer of the Javanese Language, Literature and Culture Study Program, Dr. Arsanti Wulandari, S.S., M.Hum., was present as a guest speaker in one of the Dimyati Podcast episodes entitled, “Manuscripts as a Window to the Past”. Dimyati Podcast is one of the American podcasts that talks a lot about Indonesian studies from art, culture to politics. Manuscripts as one of Indonesia’s traditional cultural products are raised as one of the themes discussed, because the cultural products of manuscripts contain the mindset of the people of that time. The text contained is data and documentation of past culture which, if revealed, we can also benefit from.

In the context of telling the past of Javanese society at that time, the recording of a series of events, recording of treatment, and the values disguised in a story in the manuscript can reveal civilization, thinking, and even the technology used in past life. Various kinds of manuscripts and their functions are briefly conveyed on the Dimyati Podcast. In addition, the podcast tool is also one of the media to raise one of the cultural products such as manuscripts and increase the reputation of the Javanese Language, Literature and Culture Study Program, to be better known internationally.

The podcast video link is as follows:

• Manuscript as a Window to the Past by Dr. Arsanti Wulandari, S.S., M.Hum

Purworejo, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in order to maintain the sustainability of the forest ecosystem, Lecturer of Indonesian Language and Literature Study Program of UGM Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Dr. Novi Siti Kussuji Indrastuti, M.Hum., initiated a Community Service (PKM) program in collaboration with Perhutani Forest Management Unit (KPH) South Kedu and PT Kreasi Wisata Global as the management of Menoreh Dreamland tourism, planting together on the commitment of Green Ecotourism. The commitment to Green Ecotourism is shown through steps such as the mass planting of 150 pine tree seedlings and the provision of green open spaces and “Peleluk Pohon” rides as a means to interact directly with nature as well as a symbol of gratitude to nature and awareness of the importance of maintaining forest ecosystems. The joint planting program applies ecological, social, economic, and cultural principles to educate, maintain, and improve environmental sustainability, community welfare, and business sustainability. Not only joint planting, this activity also held an interesting, aesthetic, and fun “Plant and Hug Trees” socialization and education accompanied by live poetry media by Ibu Novi and music/songs, to the general public and environmental activists.

Natural degradation due to human exploitation such as degradation, deforestation, illegal logging, and land conversion into housing or agricultural land are some of the main factors that have caused the decline in forest area around the world. To overcome this, a real approach is needed to increase and foster awareness of the sustainability of forest ecosystems that humans must always protect. One approach with potential solutions is through the concept of Green Ecotourism or ecotourism. This sustainable solution offers an effective platform for education and counseling to the community about the importance of protecting forest ecosystems.

The output of the Community Service activities that have been carried out by Dr. Novi Siti Kussuji Indrastuti, M.Hum., are open to the public and can be accessed through the following link:

Policy Brief

• Policy Brief Raising Awareness of Oxygen Needs through Green Ecotourism Commitment (Case Study in Menoreh Dreamland, Kalilo, Kaligesing, Purworejo)

PKM Video

• Video of Green Ecotourism PKM Activities

Wednesday, May 8, 2024, Archaeology students of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM conducted a field study activity with a visit to Istura Gedung Agung or known as the Presidential Palace of Yogyakarta. As a fulfillment of the mandatory Basic Conservation and Restoration course, this visit involved two batches of Archaeology students, Class of 2021 and Class of 2022, totaling more than 70 students who were guided by the Head of the UGM Archaeology Department, Dr. Mahirta, MA… The students each departed and arrived at the location at 08.30 WIB to gather and give directions by the mentors and instructors regarding matters that need to be considered during the visit.

The tour of the visiting group began with an introduction to the outside of the complex building around Istura Gedung Agung such as the guesthouse and the main building of Istura Gedung Agung along with a brief introduction to the three main rooms where the President welcomed guests. Next, the group of students was directed to the museum building, the Yogyakarta Presidential Palace Museum, to conduct an exclusive tour of the museum’s historical object collections with the art object management guide of the Yogyakarta Presidential Palace Museum, Theresa Sekar Wening, who is also an alumni of the Javanese Language, Literature and Culture Undergraduate Study Program.

While visiting the museum, the group was shown collections of art objects painted by famous artists such as expressionism or abstract paintings by painter Affandi Koesoema as well as a number of ceramic pottery artifacts, necklaces, and others. Not only seeing paintings and historical artifacts, the students also analyzed the conservation methods and techniques of historical objects according to the objectives of the courses studied. Through interactive museum visits, students are expected to gain knowledge that can be practiced when managing historical and archaeological objects as part of museum management.