Abstract
One of important thing in implementing ASEAN Community blueprint is how ready the community creates positive actions to strengthen the 3 pillars, especially socio-cultural pillar. In the case of Yogyakarta it is an interesting question: how to manage traditional heritage, culture, and people as some potency to support socio-cultural community of ASEAN? The local communities in tourism village of Yogyakart play important role that support the competitiveness to "sale" traditional and cultural strengths. Some evidences show that tourism villages have big contribution in promoting cultural richness that attracts so many foreigners. And ASEAN people become one of top ranking visitors tourism destination in Yogyakarta. It is a must that the government of Special Province of Yogyakarta along with local community maximizes the potency of Yogyakarta for supporting socio-cultural pillar of ASEAN through tourism village. Some actions should be accomplished: 1) developing uniqueness of each tourism village, 2) improving its infrastructure and 3) increasing capability of its human resources through empowering its local community.
Keywords: ASEAN Community, socio-cultural community, tourism village