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E-Journal of Tourism Vol.7. No.1. (2020): 55-72 Sport Tourism Event of Tour De Singkarak to Support Destination Management in West Sumatera, Indonesia Bet El Silisna1 and Retnaningtyas Susanti2 1Tourism Dept. Manado State Polytechnic, Indonesia 2Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality, Padang State University, Indonesia Corresponding Author: [email protected] ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Received This study aims to analyze the sport tourism event of Tour de 3 December 2019 Singkarak (TdS) related to tourist destination management in West Accepted Sumatera, Indonesia. The TdS is an international road bicycle race 15 February 2020 held annually for ten-year period as data presented from 2009 to 2018. Available online Data were collected for this study through in-depth interviews with 31 March 2020 informants and analyzed by a descriptive qualitative technique. The results showed that the TdS events were succesfully and consistently held annually for ten-year period of 2009-2018 in West Sumatera and has significantly contributed to the regionas tourism destination. This was due to a strong commitment and serious action among central government and local government at province and municipality levels for the sport tourism development at the tourism destination in West Sumatera. The commitment could be seen in the serious, strong commitment and coordination between the Ministry of Tourism and the National Road Development Agency at a central government and Heads of Local Departments of Tourism, of Public Works and of Transportation at province and regency/municipality level. The commitment could be seen from the sport tourism management such as the provision of shared budget, event coordination, and destination and infrastructure development and promotion. This has especially raised an integrated development and improvement of infrastructures, i.e. roads, transportation mode, and accomodation facilities with increasing quantity and quality. It is a fact that TdS could be held annually for ten-year period (2009-2018) along with proper and good destination management for sport tourism in West Sumatera Province Keywords: Tour de Singkarak, event, sport tourism, destination management. http://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/eot 55 e-ISSN: 2407-392X. p-ISSN: 2541-0857 E-Journal of Tourism Vol.7. No.1. (2020): 55-72 INTRODUCTION utilized by sport tourists and visitors give a Sport Tourism positive image for the host. A good image Sports tourism is defined as short- of infrastructure can be one of the tourist term activities related to tourism, attractions (Brown, Chalip, Jago, & Mules, economic impacts, spending on facilities 2004; Kim & Chalip, 2004). Ritchie and and infrastructure preparation, as well as Smith (1991) state that organizing sports income from visitors and exposure to mass tourism increases awareness of media (Getz, 2007: 15). Getz’s definition destinations. above shows that event including sport Baade and Matheson (2003) in tourism event influences infrastructure, their research on the 1984 Los Angeles tourism, and the economy of the host Olympics found that the event succeeded region. Susanti et al (2017) explains that in opening and increasing employment, as sport events can be categorized according well as improving the quality of to its scales: big, medium, and small in infrastructure. Large inventions induce the which big event is a match participated by creation of industries that absorb labor, countries all over the world. Medium one of which is the accommodation event is participated by countries in a industry. Sport tourism of World Cup certain region, while small event is Japan and South Korea in 2002 has participated by regions in a country. increased the number of tourists from Indonesia has some international scale various countries reached 46,000 sport events and was a host for some inhabitants. The large number of tourists regional and international events. Event requires accommodation as their implementation in a short time remains temporary shelter, therefore the influential on the host in the long run. The accommodation infrastructure needs to be event organiser need to develop a new developed, so that the needs of tourists are method for regional development, met. The contribution of sports tourism especially in terms of infrastructure and has increased in the quantity and quality of image. The impact of event on large infrastructure. Quality road is one infrastructure brings a positive image for form of contribution from sports tourism. the host. The development of The quality of the road has an effect on infrastructure is in line with the increasing people's travel for trips, both development of the image (Smith, 2005). using public and private modes of Infrastructure development that can be transportation. People attending the sport tourism events tend to choose to use http://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/eot 56 e-ISSN: 2407-392X. p-ISSN: 2541-0857 E-Journal of Tourism Vol.7. No.1. (2020): 55-72 private modes of transportation if the road community development that bring long- to be passed to get to the tourist term benefits such as attracting more destination has good quality. Another visitors, increasing the economic gains, thing that affects travel is the number and facilitating future marketing and product quality of modes of public transportation. development decisions, and generally If there are few modes of public contributing to regional development transportation and conditions are not good, through improving community relations then tourists will prefer to travel using and partnership (Timareva et al, 2015). private vehicles. Previous research Willingness to host sport tourism events at (Susanti et al, 2017) stated that Tour de the destination requires large capital, Singkarak (TdS) is one of sport tourisms especially for infrastructure, operational held by West Sumatera Government since costs, and management of activities. The 2009 and cycling race was chosen as an implementation of sports events is one of effort to improve tourist attraction in West the efforts to create investment in Sumatera because of the history of this infrastructure in general that will lead to sport itself. Thus, sustainability of sports economic growth. tourism is interesting to study, especially Sports infrastructure includes the for analyzing the destination management stadium or venue for the race as the main strategy with roles of stakeholder part and the road, transportation and collaboration and adequate infrastructures accommodation as a supporting part. for the development of sustainable tourism Infrastructure is needed to mutually in the international road bicycle race of support the implementation of activities, TdS for ten-year period (2009-2018) in such as roads and stadiums (Matheson, West Sumatera, Indonesia. 2008). Accroding to Sitepu (2019, the important indicator of the good Desination Management governance of tourism in the priority Destination Management and destination where the destination has run Marketing Organization (DMMOs) have the management and development of recently became a mainstream factor in tourism and destination with the principles identifying successful development of a of Sustainable Tourism Development destination and its perspectives for better (STD). According to Simanihuruk (2019). position in highly competitive tourism It can be concluded that tourism facilities markets. They are not only representing a are the convenience of visitors to enjoy, specific destination but are also striving to feel the comfort that has been provided by http://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/eot 57 e-ISSN: 2407-392X. p-ISSN: 2541-0857 E-Journal of Tourism Vol.7. No.1. (2020): 55-72 a tourist attraction that has facilities in empower their capacity as well as their order to satisfy or achieve the satisfaction competencies in providing qualified of visitors to a tourist destination. tourism products/services. The events industry, including festivals, meetings, Tourism Sustainability conferences, exhibitions, incentives, sports The idea of sustainability in and a range of other events, is rapidly tourism arises from the recognition that developing and makes a significant tourism activities can lead to a decline in contribution to business and leisure related natural resources, both at short and long tourism. Events are important motivator of terms. It is the main reason that the tourism, and figure prominently in the principles of sustainable development development and marketing plans of most should be the focus for tourism as a destinations (Getz, 2008: 403 - 428). mechanism for development (Fathimath, Acording to Ardani (2017) for special 2015). For this reason, sustainability must event with job fair activities, easy access be applied to all areas that include key by public transport and large parking area attractions, supporting factors, and are considered very important by the infrastructures that contribute to tourism visitors. It does make sense because the destination competitiveness in tourism job seekers in general use public transport development and all forms of tourism, or motorcycle as their transportation. The including mass tourism (UNWTO, 2015). most important indicators of site selection Sustainability must be applied so for such event are the easy access, the that any tourism events can be held availability of the public transportation, as continuously over years without negative well as the availability of rooms with impacts on the environment. In this different activities such as seminar