has the speed, efficiency, and low cost. It can be said 
that online media is one of the important components 
in building Indonesian tourism. 
In promoting Paksebali as a tourist village based 
on online media, it is necessary to develop a smart 
village, i.e. the concept of smart city which can be 
interpreted literally as a smart village. The concept 
applies information and communication technology 
based on village communication as a complex 
interaction among various systems within. So that it 
is effectively beneficial for its villagers as well as to 
improve the quality of life, reduce costs and sources 
of consumption. One important factor in its 
development is that the marketing aspect must be 
taken seriously, because the management of 
Paksebali as a tourist village is only in the early stage 
of development.  
In the initial stage, marketing investment is 
urgently needed and the right strategy in marketing 
and promoting the products of Paksebali is vitally 
important. Based on preliminary studies, it reveals the 
paradigm that the management of Paksebali tourist 
village has not run optimally. The designed tour 
packages only reached 5% of the target sales, and 
25% of food and beverage sales target. Therefore, 
Paksebali tourism management business can be said 
as not profitable. Based on this paradigm, this 
research will analyze the market and marketing 
system of Paksebali tourist village, analyze and 
develop marketing strategies for Paksebali tourism 
village towards Smart Eco-Village Destination.  
2 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 
2.1 Tourist Village 
The concept of Community Based Tourism (CBT) is 
an accurate solution in overcoming all the challenges 
of developing tourist villages in order to achieve 
sustainable tourist village management (Nugroho, 
2018). Tourist village is a form of integration between 
attractions, accommodations, and supporting 
facilities presented in a structure of community life 
which merges with the prevailing procedures and 
traditions. A tourist village has a distinctive appeal (it 
can be in the form of physical uniqueness of the rural 
natural environment, as well as the socio-cultural life 
of the community) which is packaged naturally and 
attractively so that the attractiveness of rural areas can 
raise tourist visits to the village (Ministry of Culture 
and Tourism, 2011:1). Tourist village is a rural area 
that offers an overall atmosphere that reflects rural 
authenticity both from social economic life, social 
culture, customs, daily life, has a building 
architecture and a typical village spatial structure, or 
unique activities and has the potential to develop 
various components of tourism (Priasukmana & 
Mulyadi, 2001). 
2.2 Smart Village 
Smart village is the development of the concept of 
smart city that was previously better known. Smart 
city is defined as a city capable of using human 
resources, social capital and modern 
telecommunications infrastructure to realize 
sustainable economic growth and high quality of life 
with wise resource management through community-
based government participation (Nijkamp in 
Mujiyono, 2016). Smart city is a broad approach, 
integrated in increasing the efficiency of operating a 
city, improving the quality of life of its inhabitants, 
and growing the economy of its region (Cohen in 
Mujiyono, 2016). It is how to connect physical 
infrastructure, social infrastructure and economic 
infrastructure by using technology, which can 
integrate all elements in these aspects and make cities 
more efficient and livable (Muliarto, 2015). The 
approach of developing a smart city considers certain 
issues, including contribution, self-assertiveness, 
independence, and awareness. Smart city has six 
basic principles, namely: smart economy, smart 
mobility, smart environment, smart people, smart 
living, and smart governance (Giffinger in Mujiyono, 
2016). 
2.3  Marketing Strategy and Marketing 
Mix 
Marketing Strategy is a marketing mindset that will 
be used to achieve its marketing goals. It contains 
specific strategies for the target market, positioning, 
marketing mix and the amount of marketing expenses 
(Kotler and Armstrong, 2004: 81). It is a fundamental 
tool planned to reach the company by developing a 
competitive advantage that is sustainable through the 
market entered and the marketing program used to 
serve the target market (Tjiptono, 2002: 6). Thus, 
marketing strategy is the basis of actions that lead to 
activities or marketing efforts, from a company, in 
conditions of competition and an ever-changing 
environment in order to achieve optimal goals. 
Marketing strategies can stimulate purchases by 
consumers when planning a marketing program. 
Kotler and Armstrong (2004) argue that the 
marketing mix as a set of technical marketing tools