The research results indicated the tourism awareness group's roles of Tilan Island Tourism Village. This research used a qualitative approach by collecting data through interviews, observation, and documentation.
The research objectives consisted of 1) explaining the tourism awareness group's roles in Tilan Island Tourism Village development in five dimensions, namely, the economic dimension, the social dimension, the cultural dimension, the environmental dimension, and the political dimension and 2) explaining the supporting and inhibiting factors in realizing Tilan Island Tourism Village as a tourism destination. The natural beauty and cultural richness of the Tilan Island Rantau Bais Tourism Village required the roles of competent community groups in the Tourism Village development, namely Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis).
One of the tourism sectors with great potential to be developed is local wisdom-based tourism through tourism villages.
