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Buleleng is the name of a district located in the northern region of Bali. This area has abundant tourism potential, but ironically, in this region the largest poverty rate throughout Bali is held, which is by 43,430 people or approximately 6.74 percent of the average percentage of poor people, which is 4.74 percent. The current case condition in Buleleng Regency showed that the tourism development has not been able to provide significant economic benefits to the local communities, in fact, as has been witnessed in developed countries, tourism has a strong potential to become an instrument for poverty Alleviation. Such poverty Alleviation would be effective if tourism net benefits that feel on the poor are greater than the social, economic and environmental costs. The objectives of this study are: (a) to examine the effectiveness of poverty Alleviation policies and programs implementation and (b) to formulate the poverty Alleviation strategies through the development of tourism in Buleleng Regency, Bali. The poor households, who lived around the tourisms villages, were the population in the study. From the population the sample was taken by applying the Slovin method. The data collection was done through interviews, observation, and literature studies. The data analysis techniques used were descriptive and SWOT analysis. The findings of the study showed that in aggregate the condition of poverty in Buleleng Regency is in a critical category. This indicates that the problems of poverty still need a major concern that requires serious and comprehensive handling from all aspects with the result that it can be reduced properly. The poverty Alleviation strategies based on the SWOT analysis are as follows: (a) a strategy to improve community quality and capacity, (b) a tourism development strategy for community capacity building, (c) a strategy for upgrading education and skills to improve the community independence, and (d) an institutional strategy for increasing the regional and national competitiveness.