
In many case, the resort is the very reason the visitors come to the area. The result of this research show that the role of resort accommodation, in this case The Highland Park Hotel, is quite important the development of Tamansari Ciapus as a new destination. It uses descriptive qualitative method of data collection through surveys, field observations and interviews, FGD, and methods of SWOT (Strength, Weakness, and Treat, Opportunity analysis). The research also wants to look at the roles and potential of local village communities in developing community-based tourism destination. It aims to examine the roles of a resort accommodation, located in the area, in supporting the new destination. This research specially focuses on an emerging tourist destination named Tamansari Ciapus in the city for Bogor, West Java. Tourist destination must have four components which include tourist attraction, good accessibility, and availability of various facilities, such as accommodation, restaurant, shopping and other service and tourism organizations.
