Pengaruh Ekowisata terhadap Kesejahteraan Masyarakat di Kabupaten Samosir

This research aims to explain the analysis with the Path Analysis method to measure the influence of ecotourism on the welfare of society through cultural factors in the village Lumban Suhi-Suhi Toruan Pangururan District of Samosir Regency. In this study the Path Analysis was used to analyze the relationship between ecotourism, cultural factors, and community welfare. The method used in collecting data is to use a descriptive and quantitative method supported by the Path Analysis method. The subject of this research was 100 respondents Weaver ULOs in Lumban Suhi-Suhi village. The primary data was collected by interviewing and sharing questionnaires to the weavers of ULOs in the village of Lumban Suhi-Suhi Toruan Pangururan District of Samosir Regency. In analyzing the data is used Path Analysis method with the help of software SPSS 16.0. The results showed that ecotourism has no significant effect on the welfare of society through cultural factors as an intervening variable, or it can be concluded that cultural factors are not a variable that irradiated between ecotourism to the welfare of people in the village Lumban Suhi-Suhi Toruan Pangururan District of Samosir District.