REGIONAL TOURISM OBJECT DEVELOPMENT POLICY OLD SEMARANG CITY

Abstract

The Old Semarang City area, a historic area, has a variety of cultural heritages from the Dutch heritage and buildings that still stand strong today, including the GPIB Immanuel Church (Blenduk Church), Tawang Station, Berok Bridge, Marabunta Building, Factory building. This area used to be a place to live for the Dutch, Chinese and other Europeans who had their main activities as traders. The problems in this study are: What is the policy for developing tourism objects in the Old Semarang City area? (2) What are the factors that support and hinder the policy of developing tourism objects in the Old Semarang City area? This study uses a qualitative method. The data analysis technique used is data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The results of this study are: (1) The implementation of tourism development in the city of Semarang has been going well but has not been maximized, this can be realized in increasing the appreciation of traditional cultural arts to improve the welfare of the community. (2) Supporting factors in the development of the Old City area of Semarang are the existence of a clear legal umbrella, namely Regional Regulation Number 8 of 2003 concerning the RTBL of the Old City of Semarang, the relationship between organizations that support each other is good and the budget sources that support the implementation of the revitalization policy of the Old City of Semarang. The factors that hinder the community include social problems from around the Old City of Semarang which reject the revitalization process, as well as private ownership of buildings, where the owner is still hesitant to deal with BPK2L to maintain the building. And the Inhibiting Factors in the management of the Old City Area, the participation of the community that is accommodated in the BPK2L (Old City Area Management Agency) has not been able to be carried out properly and does not receive government support in carrying out these tasks.