摘要：Staf Pengajar Jurusan IESP, Fakultas Ekonomi, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang Alamat Korespondensi : perum.Muara Sarana Indah A/03 Jetis-Dau Telpon : 0341-464299, Hp : 08123381129, Email : dewa_dul@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Needs of rural women to increase their participation in the field of tourism development vary based on characteristics of the potential for village and community. The opportunities available for rural women to improve their participation in quite diverse areas of tourism development, among others, opened the services of accommodation (accommodation) in the form of homestay villages tourist destination, packaging of agricultural products into packages by-by a typical, cultivate ornamental plants to be made by- by tourism, agriculture presents the results as typical food products, food kiosks and others. Development of tourism sector in the town of Batu are expected to absorb the labor force so that it can reduce unemployment. Sectors that can absorb labor is generally located in the industrial sector, handicrafts, restaurants and hospitality services. The type of work is not only dominated by men but also women. Based on employment data Batu, showed that almost all of their employment status is dominated by men, in other words the male is always more than women, except for unpaid work status. For unpaid work status male workers for 2425 people, while women as much as 4586 people. Keywords: women workers, tourists, tourism
