PROMOTING GASTRO-TOURISM TO INCREASE INDONESIA’S FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS: LESSON FROM MALAYSIA

Rasyidah, Resa (2015) PROMOTING GASTRO-TOURISM TO INCREASE INDONESIA’S FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS: LESSON FROM MALAYSIA. In: 9th International Conference on Malaysia-Indonesia Relations (PAHMI 9) Faculty Of Social Sciences Yogyakarta State University.

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Abstract

Gastro-tourism is recreational travel undertaken solely or primarily to experience the food of a region. This also called food tourism or culinary tourism that explores the food as the purpose of tourism. It has become a big business now days. A country that has food culture and its variegated use it as an attraction to increase foreign tourist arrivals. Indonesia, which is a multicultural country, was one of them. Each area in Indonesia has its own traditional food and custom that can be used for gastro-tourism attraction. However, Indonesia is not yet being able to use the excess of those to draw the arrival of foreign tourists. At the other side, Malaysia apparently managed to take advantage of gastro-tourism as a lure for foreign tourists. This paper discusses about how to develop gastro-tourism in Indonesia by means of what has been done by Malaysia. This paper also discusses the promoting strategy of gastro-tourism to increase Indonesia’s foreign tourist arrivals. Key Words: gastro-tourism, promoting strategy, foreign tourist arrivals Theme: Entrepreneurship, Economic and Development

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: Ilmu Sosial > Geografi
Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Sosial, Hukum dan Ilmu Politik (FISHIPOL) > Pendidikan Geografi
Depositing User: Admin Pendidikan Geografi FIS
Date Deposited: 30 Oct 2015 02:23
Last Modified: 30 Oct 2015 02:23
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/27797

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