scholarly journals Potency of Integrated Cultural Tourism Development at Maninjau Lake Area, West Sumatera

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-82
Author(s):  
Firdaus Firdaus

The modern society with density and saturation routine activities required entertainment to refresh their exhaustion. One of the popular entertainments is travelling. The development of tourism is getting better because there are many types of tours that can be selected and enjoyed by everyone. The latest popular tourism is cultural tourism. In West Sumatera of Indonesia, Maninjau Lake is designated as natural and cultural tourism destinations. This article discusses the tourism potentials of Maninjau Lake and its development opportunities as cultural tourism destination. The article was based on the research since 2010. The researcher analyzes the data of in-depth interview, observation, and textual studies. Research findings reveal that there are three tourism potentials at Maninjau Lake such as natural tourism, historical tourism and cultural tourism. These potentials are worth developed in an integrated mode in order to develop Maninjau Lake as cultural tourism destination through participatory approach by involving arts communities in the nagari. 

2020 ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Ni Ketut Arismayanti ◽  
Irma Rahyuda

Post natural disaster there is a shift in the atributs selection of tourism destinations. This research was conducted at a Bali tourism destination when Agung mountain natural disaster occurred. The background of the research objective to find out the preferences of overseas tourists, in choosing tourist destinations during their visit destinations by comparing the conditions of pre and post natural disasters. The types of data used in this study are qualitative and quantitative data. Data sources come from primary and secondary data. Data collection techniques by observation, interviews, questionnaires, documentation and literature. Data analysis techniques with descriptive statistics and conjoint analysis, sampling techniques with Slovin formulas for foreign tourists who have visited Bali pre and post natural disasters of Mount Agung eruption. This research findings that preferences of foreign tourists in the selection of tourist destinations before natural disasters are strongly influenced by low prices / special offers, but after natural disasters are greatly influenced by information or promotion in articles in magazines/newspapers and films when to choose tourism destinations. Keywords: preference, foreign tourist, natural disaster, tourism destination


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
Aisha Astriecia ◽  
Nararya Rahadyan Budiyono

Zero Kilometre Yogyakarta is one of the tourism destination icons of Yogyakarta. From visitors’ perspectives, this destination is claimed to be the most unique one in Yogyakarta due to the multifunctional usages of the spot. Furthermore, Zero Kilometre Yogyakarta is not only used as a cultural destination, but also utilized as an interesting public space in the city. The present study aims to delineate the visitors’ perceptions about the Zero Kilometre as one of Yogyakarta’s tourist destination icons after its revitalization project. For this purposes, observation, questionnaires, and interviews were used as the data collection techniques. Moreover, the Slovin formula was utilized to determine 100 participants (57 woman and 43 men) who were randomly selected in the present study. As the data is the in form of quantitative, then the differential semantic charts were utilized for further analysis. The findings of the present study indicate that the visitors ‘perceptions about Zero Kilometre Yogyakarta 56 percent of respondent stated this area as Zero Kilometre Yogyakarta. Data from semantic differential graphic also shown positive line tendential. In fact, the revitalization project brings about positive perceptions among the visitors as they view the project has made the Zero Kilometre Yogyakarta as the most interesting spot as one of cultural tourism destinations in town.   Keyword: perception, tourist, destination, image, culture


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 194
Author(s):  
Mochamad Novi Rifa’i

Malang City is one of the seven cities in Indonesia which became a pilot project for halal tourism. Therefore the aims of this study are to analyze the potential of sharia tourism in Malang City and develop the concept of integration of location and halal tourism information in Malang City. This study is a qualitative-descriptive, with the model of data analysis using Spradley’s model, in which after determining the standard of halal tourism, then proceeding to inventory halal tourism destination in Malang and make the concept of integration between location and halal tourism information in Malang. The result of this study shows that; first, that halal tourism is tourism which in its presentation takes into account the factors of Madiyah (material) and Adabiyah (process) in accordance with the sharia. Halal tourism destinations in Malang including education, lodging, culinary, thematic, religious, historical and cultural tourism. Second, the integration of tourism in Malang can be done by making a memorandum of understanding between stakeholders to collaborate providing the best information and services for all tourists. 


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 16-31
Author(s):  
Georgia Zouni ◽  
Aggelos Karlis ◽  
Ioanna Georgaki

In every corner of the world, we observe that tourism destinations, having understood the importance of dance events, try to increase the presentation of such dance events, with the aim to attract and entertain tourists. Dance tourism constitutes a part of cultural tourism since, through that, opportunities for cultural experience are provided to tourists. The main aim of the present research is the investigation of the similarities and differences between Greek and Russian dance tourists towards dance tourism in a tourism destination (Patras, Greece), regarding: (a) the Demographic characteristics, (b) attitude towards dance tourism, and (c) attitude towards Patras as a dance tourism destination. Results show that younger individuals, mainly women, that are single, of high educational level, private-sector employees mainly, and of medium income are interested in dance tourism. Moreover, several interesting results found regarding attitude towards dance tourism, and attitude towards dance tourism destinations. The contribution of this study is twofold. For both For academia, this research might deepen the understanding of dance tourism travellers and its impact on destinations products formulation. For practitioners, this kind of approach might provide new and strategically important knowledge about attracting dance tourists.


2019 ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Ahmad Mujafar Syah ◽  
Dini Hajarrahmah

In support to the initiative of Indonesia government on the priority destinations project (ten new Bali) where Mandalika in Lombok Island is being endorsed as one of “New Bali” targeted development destination, the research is aimed to analyze the effective roles of national and regional government on the development of cultural tourism destination in Bayan Village, North Lombok administrative region, as it is one of the alternative tourist attractions in Lombok Island. For the purpose of objectivity, this research has limited the source and scope of the observation only from related stakeholders and Lombok local tourism government thus the research employed an in-depth interview through designated stakeholders clusters. The research examined and summarized the finding from the stakeholders’ perspectives that have either direct or indirect concerns toward Bayan Village’s development from which; a proposed recommendation on a tourism policy framework for the cultural destination was concluded. Based on our finding, the situation where the development initiated both by national and regional tourism government in Lombok did not show a fair distribution to all promising destinations especially Bayan Village in North Lombok as one of the cultural tourism assets in North Lombok. Keywords: Cultural tourism destination, cultural tourism governance, tourism policy, stakeholder perspectives.  


Author(s):  
A. Vinodan ◽  
S. Meera

The purpose of this chapter is to identify entrepreneurial skill acquisition priorities of artisans and its dimensional orientation in cultural tourism destinations of India. The study adopted the exploratory sequential method, employed in-depth interview in qualitative stage, and structured questionnaire in the quantitative stage for primary data collection. Factor analysis was done for identifying dimensions of entrepreneurial skill acquisition priorities. Data gathered from three cultural tourism destinations of Andhra Pradesh, India. The results indicate that there are 17 indicators pertaining to entrepreneurial skill acquisition priorities, with three distinct dimensions consisting of (1) managerial skill, (2) initiating skill, and (3) destination-specific skill. This emphasizes that focus has to be given while imparting entrepreneurial training for artisan aspiring for grabbing cultural tourism opportunities. The study highlights the importance of framing broader strategies in skill development programs based on the destination-specific requirements of artisans for an inclusive growth, which may, in turn, meet the conservation and management needs of craft/artwork and also to expand economic opportunities in this informal sector.


Author(s):  
Rumsari Hadi Sumarto

Along with the culture changing of modern society that positions tourist visits as a necessity, Yogyakarta has become a tourist destination for tourists. However, if it's observed, the existing destinations have not shown significant development. The destinations offered are still old destinations such as Malioboro and surrounding areas which are tourist icons in Yogyakarta. Meanwhile, other districts in Yogyakarta keep on developing tourist destinations in their area. Therefore, Yogyakarta needs to find new breakthroughs to keep attracting tourists. Tourism village development needs to be intensified so that it can become a cultural tourism destination. However, the tourism village has not been widely known by the public. In the implementation of policies in the tourism field, community participation in tourism villages has not been managed intensively. Based on the background, this study aims to describe and analyze community participation in tourism management, especially Dipowinatan Tourism Village in Yogyakarta. This research uses qualitative research. Through the Community Based Tourism (CBT) approach, residents feel that they have a cultural tourism destination in their area and participate in developing these destinations and can increase the economic income of the residents. Thus, to realize sustainable tourism, there is a need for participation from the community where the community is involved in the implementation of tourism policies through the management of tourism villages. Keywords: Tourist destination, Participation, Policy Implementation


Author(s):  
A. Vinodan ◽  
S. Meera

The purpose of this chapter is to identify entrepreneurial skill acquisition priorities of artisans and its dimensional orientation in cultural tourism destinations of India. The study adopted the exploratory sequential method, employed in-depth interview in qualitative stage, and structured questionnaire in the quantitative stage for primary data collection. Factor analysis was done for identifying dimensions of entrepreneurial skill acquisition priorities. Data gathered from three cultural tourism destinations of Andhra Pradesh, India. The results indicate that there are 17 indicators pertaining to entrepreneurial skill acquisition priorities, with three distinct dimensions consisting of (1) managerial skill, (2) initiating skill, and (3) destination-specific skill. This emphasizes that focus has to be given while imparting entrepreneurial training for artisan aspiring for grabbing cultural tourism opportunities. The study highlights the importance of framing broader strategies in skill development programs based on the destination-specific requirements of artisans for an inclusive growth, which may, in turn, meet the conservation and management needs of craft/artwork and also to expand economic opportunities in this informal sector.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Ivo Novitaningtyas ◽  
Andhatu Achsa ◽  
Budi Rahardjo

Tourism village is one of the tourism destinations that need to be developed. Brajan is a tourism village that has natural and cultural tourism potential. This village needs promotion in order to attract tourists. The aim of this study is to describe the basic elements of the tourism village and the marketing potential of Brajan as a tourism village. Data were collected through observation and interviews with the local communities in Brajan. After collecting the process, the data analyzed descriptively based on 6 basic elements of a tourism destination and marketing mix. The result showed that Brajan has a complete concept as a tourism destination. Moreover, this village has a lot of potential in terms of marketing. The stakeholders such as local people, manager and the Government need to developing and empowering its potential. The development of its potential is expected to have a positive impact and make the tourism village becomes a sustainable tourism destination


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