Penguatan Pokdarwis Rindang Benua Melalui Pkm Pelatihan Perancangan Paket Kunjungan Wisata Dan Desain Souvenir

Sangkima Lama Village has assigned by the local government of Kutai Timur to bedeveloped Kutai into a tourist village. Therefore, the local government through has assignedcommunity group known as POKDARWIS is group that has the responsibility to solicit theawareness and to coordinate the implementation of activities related to tourism in the society.Community service activities through this community partnership program will provide asolution on community problems through the training on methods of designing tour packageand designing of woodcraft for tourist’s souvenir. The methods used in this community serviceare lectures, discussions and practices. After the training is done, the community has been ableto design the tour packages according to the potential of the people of Sangkima Lama Village.In addition, the community through the group of craftsmen also able to create new design ofsouvenirs for tourists. Training on the utilization of electric machine has been able to increasethe production capacity of the craftsmen who have been done manually. The community isenthusiastic in establishing their village as one of tourist destination in Kutai Timur.Keywords: Tourist village, tour package, pokdarwis, wooden handicraft produc