Place-making Concept Towards Sustainable Edutourism in Urban Kampung of Surabaya

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue VIII, August 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

Place-making Concept Towards Sustainable Edutourism in Urban Kampung of Surabaya

Gebyar Ayuningtyas¹, Inunk Marufa¹, Happy Ratna Santosa², Dewi Septanti², Rika Kisnarini^2
1Post Graduate Student, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia
²Lecturer, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia

Abstract – Kampung Nginden Jangkungan is one of the inner-city kampung that is currently developing their tourist attraction. The potentials of this Kampung are local community willingness and innovation for developing edutourism. Still, these should be supported by community empowerment and promotion strategy to create tourism kampung. The main point is related to people-place connection, means that settlement is not only a life boundary, but also a place where people interact each other, develop social value, and become meaningful in a certain way. This process is called place-making, an approach which is focused on people-centered development in creating a strong sense of place and social cohesion. This study aims to established strategies and design reccomendations based on community preferences and perspectives to enhance the potentials of Kampung Nginden Jangkunganasedu tourism destinantion. This study conducted by inductive approach with qualitative method supported with walk through interview and observation to collect primary data. The result shows that community activities become the main potential in developing tourist attraction. Supported by image creation and neigborhood beautification, the design concept of this study can be a recommended idea and creative action to create a better physical image as well as enhance the social capital in Kampung Nginden Jangkungan.

I. INTRODUCTION

Tourism is one of the effective approach to enhance citizen well-being in developing countries, especially for the low-income community. A study showed tourism as integrated approach with resettlement program in post-disaster area [1] and a mediating program for gender empowerment [2]. On the recent topic, education as specific theme of tourist attraction can be the foundation of knowledge sharing which emphasized on formal and informal sector [3]. These research have showed that tourism activities growth can give positive impact to the community and environment. Furthermore, education as a theme can be seen as conscious and objective effort for developing human resource to be a better person [4]. It means that edu-tourism development can be a starting point towards community that cares about living environment.

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