Judul: The Development Strategy of Tourism Business Based on Homestay Community in Raja Ampat Regency, West Papua Province
Abstrak: Raja Ampat is one of the mainstay tourist destinations in Indonesia which is pinned as the last paradise on earth due to its location in the heart of the coral triangle. The potential of its natural beauty resources and the increasing number of tourists visiting Raja Ampat become opportunities to escalate the economy based on sustainable community development. Accelerated growth of the Raja Ampat tourism sector is certainly well utilized by the indigenous people of Raja Ampat, who initially worked as fishermen to transform into homestay administrators. This potential requires community development efforts through community strengthening to accelerate empowerment in managing the tourism sector in Raja Ampat. The main objective of this study is to formulate a strengthening strategy for homestay business and sustainable tourism based on community development in Raja Ampat. This study used a qualitative approach with the case study method. The locations of this research were in Kampung Yenbuba and Kampung Arborek, Raja Ampat, West Papua. The locations were chosen intentionally by the researcher due to their accordance with the topic of this study. The study was conducted from July to August 2020. The method of determining the informant was executed in purposive, and the data used in this study were primary and secondary. The primary data were collected through participant observations, interviews with the informants, and focus group discussions (FGD). The secondary data was gathered from documents sources from the relevant agencies. The result of this study indicates that implementing community-based development in the tourism sector should involve external parties like the government, NGOs, local communities, and private sectors. The stakeholder intervention plays a huge role in homestay development and tourism businesses in Kampung Yenbuba and Kampung Arborek. The role of government, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), the private sectors, dan the surrounding community affect the social dynamics and impact on the access to finance of the Raja Ampat homestay community. In this study, it was found that stakeholders in community development were more oriented towards ecological goals, but still lack in economic and social aspects. Therefore, it is necessary to have reinforcement business and establishment appropriate economic institutions to strengthen the Raja Ampat homestay community, so it can balance the aspects of social, economics, and ecology. The results of the strategic analysis represent that the strengths of the Raja Ampat homestay community are: 1) The capacity of the homestay owners in HR/employee management; 2) The ability in operational management; 3) the competence in marketing and the use of social media; 4) the community’s ability to manage finances. While the drawbacks are: 1) the business management capacity is still limited/simple; 2) limited access to financial institutions; 3) status of jointly owned land (with family); 4) SOP and price-determined rent are not appropriate; 5) financial management is still convenient. From the external aspects, the opportunities for the Raja Ampat homestay community are: 1) potential for foreign and domestic tourists; 2) synergistic partnership with government, private sector, NGOs, and the surrounding community, and; 3) the development of digital technology. Meanwhile, the threats to the Raja Ampat homestay community are: 1) entry of
Keyword: homestay, Raja Ampat, Strategi Pengembangan Usaha Wisata, Pembiayaan

Judul: Strategi Pembiayaan terhadap Pengembangan Pariwisata Berbasis Masyarakat di Kota Ambon
Abstrak: Communitiy-based tourism could increase local income and at the same time maintain the culture, arts and way of life of surrounding communities.The government (the public sector) and the community must be equally involved in implementing community-based tourism. The government main role in the torism policy is to provide ease of access to various tourism resources. The private sector main role is in providing investment. The local communities can be empowered by their participation such as through the creation of unique souvenirs, performing art and traditional culture and to prepare the houses for tourists as homestay accommodation. The purpose of the research is to study the financing of community-based tourism development in Ambon. Findings of the analysis are : 1) the role of government shoud be increased through friendly investment policy and sufficient government budget, 2) increase in private financing done through the public private partnerships, 3) communication, coordination and cooperation among local government and tourism entepreneurs need to be improved, 4) communities around the tourist objects can not yet utilize the potential of tourism as a source of their income so capacity building for them is a must, 5) community can take advantage of the national program of tourism self empowerment (PNPM Mandiri Pariwisata) and “Kredit Usaha Rakyat” program for improving the utility mentioned so as to increase their welfare, 6) there are six financing strategies for community-based tourism development in Ambon that can be implemented in 2011-2016, namely : a) build a profitable collaboration between government, private sector and community, b) increasing the role of government and the private sector in developing tourism, c) improving people’s welfare around the tourist objects, d) enforcement the conducive investment policies, e) Improvement and development of tourism cooperation between local stakeholders, regional and international, and f) the development of marketing systems and integrated tourism promotion.
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Judul: Separation of Neodymium from U3Si2/Al Fuel Plate for Burn-Up Determination
Abstrak: Neodymium is a common fission product produced in nuclear fission reactions. Neodymium in this study was chosen as a burn-up indicator for U3Si2/Al fuel element plates because the neodymium isotope is a stable fission product with a fairly high yield. Some procedures were carried out to separate neodymium, starting with the separation of cesium isotopes (137Cs, 134Cs) through the precipitation method, then separation of uranium isotopes (235U, 238U) and plutonium isotopes (239Pu, 238Pu) with Dowex 1x8 ion exchange resin, and separation of neodymium (Nd), samarium (Sm), as well as cerium (Ce) with Dowex 1x4 ion exchange resin. The Cs recovery reached 99.95%. The U and Pu isotopes resulting from the separation are subjected to an electrodeposition process and the weight of each isotope can be measured with an alpha spectrometer. The separation results of Nd from Sm and Ce have been proven using an XRF spectrometer. The neodymium isotopes separation was corrected using the standard addition method, and an average total Nd content of 2.4 ppm was obtained in the PEB U3Si2/Al bottom solution. It is hoped that this separation method can be applied in determining burn-up of nuclear fuel.
Keyword: neodymium, burn-up indicator, U3Si2/Al fuel plate