Meyko Panigoro, Ery Tri Djatmika, Sri Umi Mintarti Widjaja, Hari Wahyono, Sugeng Hadi Utomo
This study aimed to examine the relationship between the education and tourism sectors. In addition, this paper also provides the economic education model in enhancing community welfare and increasing gross domestic regional product (GDRP) in the tourism sector. This study applied both quantitative and qualitative methods. First, the quantitative method is applied to examine the relationship between education and GDRP. The education variable is proxied by the educational index while GDRP refers to GDRP in the tourism sector. The data were gathered from Indonesia Statistics (BPS) then it was analysed using a regression model. Furthermore, the qualitative method is involved to provide an economic model for coastal area in Gorontalo in Indonesia. The findings showed that economic education has a significant role in the tourism sector. Based on this result, the model of economic education proposed both formal and non-formal education. For formal education, it is provided in the form of a learning instrument consisting of creative economics education while in non-formal education, it disseminates through conference and entrepreneurial assistance. © 2020, Primrose Hall Publishing Group.
Economic Education, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Indonesia; Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia
