This article explains that participation in tourism means the active involvement of a person or group of people. To contribute in tourism development program, the community should be accorded from decision-making, planning, implementation, monitoring to evaluation and problem-solving, with full awareness that the program or tourism activities that are beneficial to those involved. By using the result of the research in Wanayasa from 2013–2016, the strategy will be implemented to improve the tourism development in some rural areas by local community. Therefore, it will help the answer of the question ‘how can local community contribute toward tourism development in rural areas?'. In order to remark the strategy, an explanation of community participation has to be acknowledged.
 
 
Keywords: community participation, local contribution, rural tourism