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Tourism village plays significant role for strengthening Indonesia soft power. The experience of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY) province proves that the development of tourism villages contribute in promoting "the power" of Indonesia through art, culture, custom and food to international society. Tourism Villages that located at Sleman, Bantul, Gunungkidul, Kulonprogo and city of Yogyakarta (called as tourism kampong) succeeded in attracting foreigners to stay and live as villagers, enjoy villagers daily live and learn Javanese culture. The study was conducted by observation and interviews. Data were analyzed with descriptive qualitative techniques. Data categorized and given a qualitative analysis of narrative. This research showed that tourism village is a new kind of tourism object that produce a new close relationship between Indonesian people and foreigners, functioned as a tool to make foreigners love Indonesia, prolong their stay in Indonesia, and promote Indonesian culture when they come back to their country. DIY's experience is a best practice for other provinces in Indonesia to develop and promote its own distinctive tradition and culture through tourism villages. Finally, this effort will contribute in supporting Indonesia soft power.

This paper aims to explain how aggressive the Turkish movement is under Erdogan's leadership and the domination of the ambitious AKP in an effort to restore the glory of Islam and spread its spirit of struggle on Turkish soil amidst secularism that has deeply rooted itself to dominate every aspect of life there. The synergy between the two slowly led to rivalries between authoritarian secularism and democratic nationalism with a touch of moderate Islamic nuances and Neo-Ottomanism which prioritized the freedom and welfare of the people, as well as reviving the power of the Ottoman Empire in a region that had previously entered its expansion area. Erdogan's actions, influenced by his life background, finally realized diplomacy in the form of Islamization in the form of changing the function of Istanbul's holy building, the Hagia Sophia, into a mosque while strengthening Erdogan's influence and Turkey's position in the international political arena, thus changing the direction of domestic policy as well as Turkish foreign policy despite steps This is also considered a controversial one-sided decision and poses a potential threat to peace in one's own country.

Many people believe that organizing festivals in the border area will increase the popularity of the border area and improve the socio-economic conditions of the border communities. But in the case of Sota border area, it is debatable. This paper aims to analyze the views of the community and local government about the border festival which was held by the central government in Sota, Merauke, Papua in 2016 and subsequently explored their views on what border festival should be like. To answer the question, a Focus Group Discussion was conducted with community leaders in Sota, activists in Merauke, officials from the Tourism Office, the Culture Office, the National Border Management Agency in Merauke, students and lecturers from Musamus University. They stated that the festival which had been conducted by the central government seemed in a hurry and lacked coordination with the local government. They also regretted that the festival was dominated by artists from Jakarta, while the local community was less involved. As a result, local cultural and economic potentials are not fully exposed. There are three things that should be considered to promote the border area through festivals: 1) the social, cultural and economic potential of the local community must be the main points promoted, 2) the widespread use of mass media, and 3) the strengthening of networks between the community and the local university, and local government for continual assistance

The rapid growth of tourism village in the province of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY) strengthens the important meaning of the existence of the non-state actors in international relations. Since growing in early 2000s and exceptionally developing nowadays, the community in tourism village has shown that the activities, attractions, art culture, and customs they has demonstrated to their foreign guests are able to serve as a means of accomplishing cultural diplomacy that feature the characteristic of people-to-people contact. However, their position and role as the non-state actors have not been autonomous. There are many obstacles in the development of tourism village that forces the state (the local government of DIY province) to help, attend, and facilitate the people in tourism villages. This The result is the collaborative and accommodating relation between the people and the local government, so that the tourism villages can grow fast in DIY province.Key Words: Tourism Village, Non State Actor, People-to-People Contact, Yogyakarta