Analysis of Availability of Tourism Infrastructure: Comparative Study in Joglosemar Area
Abstract
The main purpose of this research is identifying the availability of tourism infrastructure in supporting the improvement of strategic cooperation area based tourism sector in Joglosemar (Yogyakarta city, Solo, and Semarang) area. The steps taken are by identifying the availability of tourism infrastructure, grouping the infrastructure based on its types, and comparing the availability of tourism infrastructure in three cities in Joglosemar area. The analysis used in this research is Skalogram analysis. The result of research indicates that the city having the highest availability of infrastructure is Yogyakarta city with a number of infrastructure unit amounted 1452. The next one is Surakarta city with a number of tourism infrastructure unit amounted 757 and then Semarang city with a number of tourism infrastructure unit amounted 728. The finding of this research indicates that the more complete the facilities and infrastructure of tourism will influence the high level of tourists’ visit in a region. Whereas if an area has many tourism objects without being supported by the facilities and infrastructure, this will not be able to support the increase in tourists’ visit.
Keywords: infrastructure, tourism, joglosemar, skalogram
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