This research paper is about whether Community Based Ecotourism
(CBE) bought beneficial impact towards the local community and infrastructure
of the rural area. It contains secondary literature review to previous theories and
studies regarding this topic and study cases. The aim and objectives of this
research paper is to discover how the CBE has impacted the local community’s
welfare and infrastructure by conducting a case study in one of the developed
CBE villages in Bali known as Desa Nyambu. Research questions are aimed
towards before, during and after the development of CBE to investigate the
strategies, difficulties, challenges and result of the development. The research
questions are divided into 3 parts in which are The Baseline (Condition before the
interventions of Investors and Sponsors), During the Interventions (The
Sustainable Planning and Progress towards the village from Ecotourism
Organizers), Self-Sustain Village (The “After-effect” of the CBE development of
the village and how it impacted the local communities and infrastructure). This
research was utilizing Qualitative Method to gain specific research findings from
the interviewees. The interview research was conducted on 27-30
of December
2022 and then further developed to Key Findings. From the result, it has been
confirmed that by developing CBE, it will bring positive impact towards the local
communities in terms of Economic, Environmental, Socio-Cultural, and
Infrastructure of the village. However, there were challenges in developing the
sustainable program such as, lack of local community’s participation, conflict
between the government and local community, and managing foreign investors to
reduce the improper land use. The Village had face upon greate challanges as its
growth were interfered with the recent Covid-19 Pandemic, which cause the
village to limit their visitor's income significantly, this is further explained in
chapter IV as the author had made some adjustment to this research paper.