The strategy of using tourism as a source of income generation among the local
community is still at a low level. This is due to lack of approach from the authorities nor
resistance from the community itself. Most local communities especially the rural
population are still not sensitive to human capital development. The introduction of this
community -based tourism may be able to help local communities raise their
socioeconomics. Therefore, this study was conducted in a selected area of Kanowit
district. The determination regarding this study is to understand the opportunity or
potential of community-based tourism to be commercialized as tourism attraction in
Kanowit district. This study has an independent variable (IV) and a dependent variable
(DV) (DV). The IV for this research is features of community-based tourism dan
dependent variable (DV) is potential community-based tourism to be commercialized as
tourism attraction. This study was carried out in accordance with the procedure to
accomplish the objectives such to determine the feature of community-based tourism that
can be used as tourist attraction in Kanowit district, to identify whether community-based
tourism possess the potential to be commercialized as tourism attraction in Kanowit
district and to determine relationship the whether community-based tourism have
significance impact toward rural community. In this study, the objectives are. This
research uses various statistical tests are designed to determine the objectives of this
research and to achieve research objectives. hypothesis.
