Government Strategic Collaborative Partnership in Tourism Affairs A Study in Malang and Batu City Governments

Abstract

Tourism is defined as part of government affairs related to public services in which
concerning cross-regional externalities, therefore, its implementation are based on
efficiencies that can be managed collaboratively. However, the rapid-demanding
needs of tourism, force each region to partially fulfill their needs with short-term
political orientation. This research would like to investigate the identification of
the tourism potentials in the form of collaborative partnership between Malang and
Batu governments and finding out the model of strategic tourism partnership
between Malang and Batu governments. The qualitative methods with descriptive
research type are applied to this research. The primary data collection technique
was conducted by observation, structured-interview with related government
institutions, experts and also related stakeholders. While the secondary data
collection was done through documentation and bibliography techniques. Research
subject was determined by using purposive sampling technique. Tourism potentials
in Malang and Batu Cities offer their own strategic attraction in East Java that is
complementary to each other. This study revealed that the tourism potentials are
still not yet developed in the official scheme of partnership by the Malang and Batu
local governments. This study offers the appropriate model of cooperation for the
existing condition of each local government. Specifically, a specific cooperation on
tourism affairs with the form of Cooperative Construction of procurement of
physical buildings between tourist destinations in both regions is hereby discussed.
Thus, the persistent problem of traffic congestion resulting from the rapid
development of tourism can be addressed together effectively and efficiently. In
addition, the Joint Services cooperation model can be done by both parties by
establishing a one-stop service as a tourist information center of both cities.