SUCCESS FACTORS OF PROFESSIONAL TRANSFORMATION FROM FISHERMEN TO TOURISM MANAGERS IN BANGSRING VILLAGE OF WONGSOREJO DISTRICT, BANYUWANGI REGENCY, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA

SUCCESS FACTORS OF PROFESSIONAL TRANSFORMATION FROM FISHERMEN TO TOURISM MANAGERS IN BANGSRING VILLAGE OF WONGSOREJO DISTRICT, BANYUWANGI REGENCY, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA

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For a long time, fishermen in Bangsring Village were fishing using chemicals such as potassium cyanide and bombs.As a result of the use of these materials, making the marine ecosystem severely damaged.The condition Parts and Accessories of the destruction of coral reefs has made fish in the Strait of Bali disappear.

Damage to the ecosystem has a negative impact on the catches of the fishermen, so that their income has decreased.The main way to resolve the ecosystem crisis in the waters of the Bali Strait is to carry out coral reef conservation.Underwater ecosystem conservation conducted by the fishermen has a positive impact.

Now the fishermen abandon bad habits in catching fish, even leaving their fishing profession and turning into tourism managers.This study aims to describe the factors that led to the successful transformation of the profession from fishermen to tourism managers.This research uses descriptive qualitative method.

Data collection is done by direct observation, interviews, and document review.The results of this study found that the success factors of transformation from fishermen to tourism managers were influenced by two factors.First, the weakness factor of being a fisherman consists of a decrease in fish catch, erratic income, lack of guarantees at work, and uncertain working time.

Second, the Hard Tops new opportunity factor in the world of tourism which consists of a concert area in the Bali Strait, an increase in the world of tourism, in Banyuwangi, employment guarantees, and definite income.The factors that have occurred have succeeded in transforming the profession of the fishing community into a tourism manager.