The Rapid Assesment Using RAFHAM Method in Singosari, Malang Regency (Kabupaten Malang)

Singosari District is an urban heritage area where is located in Kabupaten Malang. Singosari District is one of the cultural heritage area which has the heritage buildings that used for cultural tourism as well. They are Singasari Temple, Sumberawan Temple, and 2 Dwarapala Statues. Community arround heritage area has limitations to improve their involvement due to limited land arround there, whereas they have many efforts for developing the cultural tourism. This study aimed to assess how far the level of participation of community in Singosari District and conclude what they can do for developing the cultural tourism. For reach the goal of this studi, it used RAFHAM method. This method is one of participatory approach that explore all of information and formulate the plan from local community. From this study, the results shown that the activity level is about low to moderate and the perception of the community relatively has a negative perception. The level of participation in the Consultation. It means that the local community has a lot of efforts for developing the cultural tourism but need more support from Department of Culture and Tourism in Kabupaten Malang and Cultural Heritage Preservation Center in Trowulan, East Java.