Pelaksanaan Tugas Bidang Pariwisata Pada Dinas Pariwisata Kebudayaan Pemuda Dan Olahraga Kabupaten Bengkalis Terhadap Pengembangan Objek Wisata Pantai Pulau Rupat Utara

In the current era of globalization, the tourism sector is one of the activities that has a very strategic role in supporting the development of the national economy. One of these policies is to explore, take an inventory and develop existing tourist objects as the main attraction for tourists. The Department of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports of Bengkalis Regency is one of the government agencies that has the task of assisting the Regent in carrying out regional government affairs based on the principle of autonomy and assistance in the fields of culture, tourism, youth and sports. The reason the author focuses on tourism development is because in Bengkalis Regency there are still many tourist objects that have not shown positive things such as an increase in the number of visitors, especially the North Rupat Beach tourist attraction, which is one of the tourist destinations in Bengkalis Regency and is currently lacking received attention from the government. The purpose of this study was to determine the implementation of the tasks of the tourism sector at the Bengkalis Regency Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports Office on the Development of Rupat Island Beach Tourism Objects and to find out the inhibiting factors in the implementation of the tasks of the tourism sector at the Regency Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports Office. Bengkalis to the Development of Rupat Island Beach Tourism Objects. The population in this study is the Head of Tourism, Head of the Tourism Object Development Section, Staff of the Tourism Object Development Section and visitors to the Rupat Island tourist attraction. From the results of the questionnaire and the results of interviews that the author conducted regarding the Implementation of the Tasks of the Tourism Sector at the Bengkalis Regency Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports Office on the Development of Rupat Island Beach Tourism Objects, it can be said that the results of the recapitulation of respondents were 61%. This is based on the 5 indicators that the author has set. Inhibiting factors in the implementation of tasks in the tourism sector at the Bengkalis Regency Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports Office on the Development of Rupat Island Beach Tourism Objects are limited budgets, low information about tourist attractions, lack of human resources and low awareness of the community