Exploring the Readiness of Betawi Cultural Village as a Sustainable Cultural Tourism Destination in Jakarta

摘要

Utilization of cultural resources at a tourism destination will create an appropriate alternative solution for areas who have high value of historical and cultural. Many studies support that the development of culture-based tourism destination would strengthen the culture. The linkage of cultural and tourism it is also occur during interaction between tourists and the communities attended or cultural performances being visited. "A balance is needed between the tourist, the experience of the culture visited and the host community. The tourist, the culture and the community dependent upon one another. Cultural tourism improved economical development of the local community" (Richard,2007:36). Indonesia famous for its rich and diversity in traditional culture one of them is Betawi culture. Betawi culture is the embryo culture of Jakarta as the capital city of Infonesia. Situ Babakan Betawi Cultural Village district located in the Srengseng Sawah, South Jakarta. Since the beginning, the purpose of establishment of Situ Babakan Betawi Cultural Village has been designated as the Cultural Village to preserved indigenous Betawi traditions and culture such as arts, custom (tradition), folklores, architectures, cuisine and others. Unfortunately, Situ Babakan has not yet become a major tourists attraction in Jakarta. The purpose of this research is to explore and analyze the readiness of Situ Babakan Betawi Cultural Village as a sustainable cultural tourism destination in from perspective of local community, the management and the government. Tourist attractions and activities, accommodation, other tourist facilities and services, institutional elements, transportation facilities and services, other infrastructure as well as natural and socio-economic environment are among destination components were used to explore and analyze its sustainable development. The research used descriptive qualitative approach combine with simple quantitative method, where some of local communities have been chosen as sample to fill-out the ended questionnaires and guided to ensure that any questions have the same perception. In the final analysis, we found that Situ Babakan Betawi Cultural Village needs to improve some destination components, in order to become a sustainable cultural tourism destination.