Baron Technopark as a Model for Sustainable Smart Educational Tourism Using the Penta Helix Collaboration Framework

Abstract

Baron Technopark is known as an educational tourism area with the specialty of renewable energy. This makes Baron Technopark a strategic area as a sustainable educational tourism. The study focuses on the role of penta helix actors in the development of the Baron Technopark educational tourism area. The purpose of this study is to determine and analyze the development of sustainable smart educational tourism in Baron Technopark. The type of research that the researcher will conduct uses a qualitative research method using the penta helix approach. The data collection process was carried out by interviewing five penta helix actors involved. The results of the study showed that the coordination of the role of penta helix actors in the development of sustainable smart tourism villages in the Baron Technopark area has not gone well. This is evidenced by the absence of managed management in Baron Techno Park. This is because the development in the Baron area does not yet have full legality from the local government in Yogyakarta. The coordination and collaboration that has been built between the government, business actors, communities, media and academics must be developed further.