Carrying Capacity of Betawi Setu Babakan Cultural Tourism Area a Case Study in South Jakarta, Indonesia
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Journal of Economics, Management and Trade 22(2): 1-9, 2019; Article no.JEMT.45532 ISSN: 2456-9216 (Past name: British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, Past ISSN: 2278-098X) Carrying Capacity of Betawi Setu Babakan Cultural Tourism Area a Case Study in South Jakarta, Indonesia T. Titi Widaningsih1*, Mirza Ronda1, Rahtika Diana1 and Arry Rahayunianto2 1Post Graduate Program, Sahid University, Jakarta, Indonesia. 2Faculty Communication, Sahid University, Jakarta, Indonesia. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JEMT/2019/45532 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Chiang-Ming Chen, Department of Economics, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan. Reviewers: (1) Atilla Akbaba, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Turkey. (2) Ibrahim Oladayo Ramon, Lagos State Polytechnic, Nigeria. (3) Maw-Cherng Lin, Cardinal Tien Junior College of Healthcare and Management, Taiwan. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/28172 Received 07 October 2018 Accepted 21 December 2018 Original Research Article Published 08 January 2019 ABSTRACT The Setu Babakan Betawi cultural village has been designated as a cultural heritage for more than 15 years with the aim of preserving and developing the culture of Betawi community. Betawi cultural village is in the tourism area of Setu Babakan. Setu Babakan tourism area has been designated as a Betawi cultural tourism area but the number of tourist visits is still low due to lack of promotion and tourist destination carrying capacity. This study aimed to identify the tourism area carrying capacity covering several dimensions, namely (1) attraction that also included uniqueness, (2) accessibility, (3) facilities that included amenity and ancillary (4) community involvement, using multidimensional scaling analysis (MDS). The results of the MDS analysis of the dimensions of attractiveness and access were in the good category with values of 78.18 and 79.3. The dimensions of uniqueness and facilities were quite good, with values of 59.74 and 67.65 respectively. While the dimensions of community involvement were in the fair category 44.49. Therefore, to develop and increase tourist visits, community involvement needed to be increased. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: [email protected]; Widaningsih et al.; JEMT, 22(2): 1-9, 2019; Article no.JEMT.45532 Keywords: Carrying capacity; tourism object; cultural tourism. 1. BACKGROUND promoting the nation's cultural heritage to the international community. The Setu Babakan Betawi cultural tourism area is a natural and cultural tourism area. As a Setu Babakan as a cultural heritage area has cultural tourism area, Setu Babakan is a important values for the preservation of Betawi Betawi cultural village that has been culture. Setu babakan as a cultural heritage designated as a Betawi Cultural Heritage area needs to be protected, developed and utilized. according to Governor Decree No. 9 of 2000. Setu Babakan Regional Development in The inauguration of Setu Babakan as a Betawi addition to promoting Betawi culture to national cultural heritage area was carried out by the and international communities. The Governor of Capital Special Region of Jakarta development of Setu Babakan must also be Province in 2004. able to increase the dignity of the community and the welfare of the Betawi community. Setu Babakan is one of the tourism destinations developed by the Capital Special Tourism, according to Article 1 of Law No. 10 Region of Jakarta Provincial Government. In of 2009 concerning Tourism is a travelling accordance with the mandate of Law No. activity carried out by a person or a group of 29/2007 concerning the Government of the people by visiting certain places for Special Capital Region of Jakarta as the recreational purposes, personal development Capital of the Unitary State of the Republic of or studying the uniqueness of tourist Indonesia Chapter V / Article 26 paragraph 6, attractions that are visited in a period of time that the Provincial Government of Capital [5]. Tourism encompasses various kinds of Special Region of Jakarta must preserve and tourism activities and is supported by various develop Betawi culture [1].. facilities and services provided by the community, entrepreneurs, the government Setu Babakan has been established as a and the Regional Government. Tourism is all Betawi cultural preserve area for more than 15 activities related to tourism and is years and has become one of the destinations multidimensional and multi-disciplinary which developed by the provincial government DKI emerges as a manifestation of the needs of Jakarta, but has not been known to the public. every person and country as well as the Setu Babakan ranks 20th out of 42 popular interaction between tourists and the local tourist spots in Jakarta [2]. Aside from being community, fellow tourists, government, local unpopular, Setu Babakan also has a low level government and entrepreneurs. of tourist visits. Tourism carrying capacity in the form of attractions, facilities, access and Tourism activity is an activity of changing the involvement of the community influences temporary residence of a person, outside his tourist visits [3]. This study will examine the daily residence for any reason other than tourism carrying capacity in Setu Babakan's conducting activities for earning wages or Betawi cultural tourism area. salaries. Tourism is also a service activity and product of the tourism industry that is able to 2. LITERATURE REVIEW create travel experiences for tourists [6]. Tourism is a complex symptom in society, in Cultural Heritage according to the Republic of which there are hotels, tourism objects, Indonesia Law Number 11 of 2010 is a legacy souvenirs, tour guides, tourist transportation, of culture in the form of Objects, Buildings, travel agents, restaurants, and many more Structures, Sites, and Areas on land and / or in [7]. water which need to be preserved because has important values for history, science, Cultural tourism according to Sillberberg is a education, religion, and / or culture through a visit of people who come from outside the process of determination [4]. The aim of destination and who are driven by interest in preservation of culture is to preserve the the objects or heritage of history, art, science nation's cultural heritage and human heritage, and lifestyles owned by groups, communities, improve the dignity of the nation through regions or institutions [8]. Cultural tourism is Cultural Heritage. Strengthening the nation's tourism in which there are cultural personality, improving people's welfare and aspects/values regarding the customs of the 2 Widaningsih et al.; JEMT, 22(2): 1-9, 2019; Article no.JEMT.45532 people, religious traditions, and cultural accessibility, amenity, ancillary (4A) and (CI) heritage in an area [9]. community involvement. Cultural tourism is closely related to cultural Tourist attractions are a significant component tourist attraction. Explanation of the National in attracting tourist visits [3]. Things that can be Tourism Development Master Plan, article 14 developed into tourist attractions are called paragraph (1) letter b explains that cultural capital or tourism resources. There are three tourism attractiveness is a tourist attraction in attractions that attract tourists, namely 1) the form of the results of creativity, taste and natural resources such as mountains, lakes, intention of humans as cultural beings [10]. beaches and hills; 2) cultural tourist attractions Cultural tourist attraction is divided into two, such as traditional house architecture in the namely tangible cultural tourism attractions and village, archeological sites, arts and crafts, intangible cultural attractions. rituals, festivals, everyday people's lives, hospitality, food; and 3) artificial attractions Tourism objects are everything that attracts such as sports events, shopping, exhibitions, people to visit a certain area. Tourism Objects conferences and others. Tourism capital can or Tourism Attractions are things that have be developed into a tourist attraction in which uniqueness, beauty and value in the form of tourist capital is found in (in situ) and outside natural, cultural, and man-made diversity that (ex situ) its original place [3]. Tourist attractions are the target or destination of tourist visits [5]. are distinguished into attractions of tourist Tourism objects can be divided into three barrier and tourist catcher. sources, namely 1) originating from nature, such as beaches, natural scenery, mountains, Accessibility is all the facilities that make it forests, and others. 2) culture, such as easy for tourists to reach a destination or museums, temples and galleries. 3) daily related tourist destination [14]. Factors related activities of the community, such as dances, to tourism accessibility aspects include carnivals, and others [11]. Tourism is a directions, airports, terminals, time needed, potential that drives the presence of tourists to travel costs, frequency of transportation to a tourist destination. tourist sites and others. Distance and travel time to an "accessible" destination are Tourism object is everything that has important factors in attracting tourists to come attraction, uniqueness and high value, which to a tourist destination. becomes the destination of tourists