The Potential of Halal Tourism Village in Lakbok District, Ciamis Regency, Indonesia
Currently, Halal Tourism Villages in Indonesia need to be developed, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic, this aims to boost the economy of the community in Tambakreja Village, Lakbok District, Ciamis Regency through the Tourism Industry sector. The purpose of this study is to uncover and explore the potential of halal tourism villages in Lakbok sub-district, Ciamis district?; And how are the Supporting and Inhibiting Factors for the formation of a Halal Tourism Village in Tambakreja Village, Lakbok District?. This research belongs to the type of normative Islamic law research in which the focus of the research is Field Research, which is carried out in Tambakreja Village, Lakbok District, Ciamis Regency. Data from primary and secondary sources were extracted by means of interviews and document studies. The approach used in this research is a normative philosophical approach. The data analysis of this research used descriptive analysis. The results of the study indicate that tourism is one of the drivers of foreign exchange for the country where this sector is also the lightest sector in opening employment opportunities, so halal tourism is a type of tourism that is starting to develop in Indonesia today, but has become a trend and has become one of the fulfillment of lifestyle in this era. So that the potential of halal tourism villages in Tambakreja village, Lakbok sub-district today is quite capable, this is due to the large number of tourist groups (halal food and beautiful tourist sites). Halal food (halal food) in the village has its own uniqueness, such as cimplung, Growol, tempe mendoan, brown sugar which in other areas is not necessarily owned by each region. The beautiful land in the Lakbok area is the nature of rice fields, culinary and traditional arts. As a result, the potential for tourism villages in Tambakreja, Lakbok sub-district is expected to be able to boost the community's economy through various tourism sectors. There are various factors supporting the existence of a halal tourism village including the presence of 1) many tourist groups such as Maqam for Pilgrims, mosques that have uniqueness with their own characteristics. In addition, other supporting factors, namely 2) socio-economic, where in order to improve the economy of the Tambakreja village community, one of them is by forming a halal (religious) tourism village where later the source of income will be easily enjoyed by the community. 3) Other supporting factors are the surrounding culture, and public knowledge of halal tourism villages, where the Tambakreja village community about halal tourism is still minimal. 4) Another supporting factor is the adequacy of human resources in managing a halal tourism village in the Tambakreja village.