Resilient by design: Multistakeholder collaboration and community capitals for sustainable rural tourism in Indonesia

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Achmad Tjachja Nugraha, Gunawan Prayitno, Rahmawati, Dian Dinanti, Aris Subagiyo, Wawargita Permata Wijayati, Muhammad Aledeh

2026 Sustainable Futures Vol. 11 Article Cited by 0 Quartile

Abstract

This study examines how multistakeholder collaboration and the three domains of community capital, namely social, human and physical capital, relate to community resilience in rural tourism villages, using Karangrejo Village in Central Java, Indonesia as a case study. Using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) combined with Importance–Performance Map Analysis (IPMA), the study explores statistical associations among constructs and identifies policy-relevant priorities. Results indicate that multistakeholder collaboration predicts all three forms of capital, while human and physical capital are positively associated with community resilience. Social capital, although showing strong performance, does not have a direct association with resilience. In Karangrejo, this pattern reflects strong internal trust and bonding ties that are not fully institutionalized through bridging and linking mechanisms, positioning social capital as a catalyst rather than an independent driver of resilience. The IPMA results highlight underperforming but high-impact areas, particularly skills training, access to health services, and the performance of local institutions such as Pokdarwis and BUMDes, as priority targets for policy intervention. The study acknowledges the exclusion of financial capital (credit, savings, and investment), which may slightly limit the comprehensiveness of the capital framework. Moreover, as the findings are derived from a single tourism-successful village, their generalizability to other contexts is limited. Despite these limitations, the study integrates community capitals into a unified resilience framework and provides practical insights for strengthening sustainable rural tourism policy and development practice. © 2026 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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Institute of Education, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom; Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Science and Technology, Syarif Hidayatullah University, Jakarta, Indonesia; Regional and Urban Planning Department, Engineering Faculty, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia; Department of Psychiatry, Wiener Gesundheitsverbund, Klinik Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria