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Pindul is a cave which is currently managed by the community and a source of new income. The currently management of the cave is still often a conflict in society because Indonesia does not have a standard of cave operating management procedure. This study aims to assess the community participation and formulate the impact that felt by people towards development of Pindul tourism. The method is carried out by questionnaires interview with the locals. The samples are purposive random sampling method against 30 respondents, around Pindul cave. The composition of respondents is farmers, managers, guides, traders, home stay providers, and housewives. The analysis of community participation based on the samples? socio- economic differences in the character of the community, such as age, gender, educational level, marital status, occupation, income, and residential status. Based on the data obtained, the respondents who expressed strongly agree and agree with the Pindul development as a tourist attraction are 97%; respondents who agree and strongly agree to public participation in promotional activities are 97%; respondents who agree and strongly agree to public participation in are 93% facilities provision; respondents who agree and strongly agree that Pindul could boost the economy are 100%; respondents who agree and strongly agree the community’s role in protecting the environment are 97%. The positive impact of tourism activities in the Pindul region, according to respondents, is to create jobs, to reduce the number of juvenile delinquency and drug abuse among teenagers, to increase people’s knowledge, to belong and unify the community, to increase public awareness to protect the environment, and to develop the local culture. On the other hand, the negative impacts that must be avoided is that there is a lot of competition among travel managers, travelers noise, fatigue affects employees mental and spiritual, the entry of foreign culture, a lot of waste, and damage to access roads.
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