Connecting the dots: pathways to fostering communicative processes of resilience in village tourism organizations as a response to the pandemic crisis

This study examines the communication process in building resilience in rural tourism by comparing two tourism villages in Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia. A qualitative approach was employed, with data collected through two focus group discussions, observations, and documentation involving 19 informants from the two tourism villages. The data were analysed inductively using thematic analysis supported by NVivo 15 software. The findings identify six components of the communicative processes of resilience: the attitudes and commitment of tourism village activists, the role and support of the village government, community participation, communication among tourism village actors, adaptive responses, and economic innovation. Although both villages share similar components, the pathways through which the communicative processes of resilience develops differ across contexts. The results also highlight that sociocultural aspects play an important role in the communicative processes of resilience. However, this study is limited in capturing the detailed impact of socio-cultural aspects on the communicative processes of resilience. It is recommended that tourism village actors, particularly local governments, integrate socio-cultural aspects when formulating disaster risk reduction strategies.