Traditional Guesthouse Development

ID Professional Work (2020) with Swiss Contact - Sustainable Tourism Destination Development

Background. Todo Village Development Plan is an improvement in the Quality of Life (QoL) of rural and disadvantaged communities and is an act of preservation of traditional villages that still survive today. One of the actions taken to improve the quality of Todo village community is to make Todo Village as a Tourist Destination. The method used by revitalize traditional buildings or house in order to be empowered as a place to stay overnight so that it attracts international visitors to experience the culture of the Todo people and integrates with the lives of the indiginious people. The traditional house which will be developed as a guesthouse is based on sustainable criteria, such as the use of local materials, the use of local resources, as well as demonstrating the values of beliefs and local widsom of the original village community in the form of a mass space arrangement so that visitors from outside the village can feel the culture of the Todo people intimately. Design Perspective. The development of Todo Village as a tourist village, does not necessarily only through the development of a traditional physical building as a guesthouse, but by restructuring and zoning of the village spatial plan which is adjusted to the original belief system of the village. Therefore it is necessary to do this arrangement, namely through the planning of village layout Masterplan which is planned as a preservation area and tourist destination. The aim is to be able to maintain the authenticity of the village-built environment and avoid the transformation of the village which eliminates the identity and character of the village of Todo due to the influence of the need for modernization and tourism itself.