THE IMPACT OF TOURISM ACTIVITIES ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF SETTLEMENT SPATIAL PATTERNS AND FUNCTIONS IN KAMPUNG BRAGA

• Main Author: Ghina Fadhila, Putri
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/80626
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Tourism is one of the sectors that gives a large percentage of contribution on the economic development and trade balance locally in Indonesia, and even globally which can be seen by the constantly increasing number of foreign tourists in visiting various destination country which caused various occurred economic impact. This situation led tourism to be used as the strategy to reduce poverty and support economic development. The contribution on the economic development could be seen in how tourism has given broader job opportunities, increasing revenue, diversifying economy, adding new products, and contributing as a whole for the economic sector which integrated to achieve a better life quality. In tourism field, Indonesia is one of the destination countries which quite famous to foreign tourists who wants to enjoy the natural beauty of Indonesia. Because of the beauty of its islands that strected along the equator, Indonesia is often known as “Zamrud Khatulistiwa” or “Untaian Ratna Mutu Manikam”. Besides its natural beauty, Indonesia is also blessed with abundant cultural and historical heritage which supported by its cities development that could be very interesting for tourists to visit. At the present time, tourist interest has developed into more various tourism type. One of the tourism types that is currently popular in tourists’ interest is tourism in urban areas along the lines of creative tourism, educative tourism, religious tourism, etc. Creative tourism is a type of tourism type that offer various interactive activities which have cultural value that are interesting for the tourists to experience which aim to create a direct interaction between the community as the tourism actor and the tourists in the same interaction space. This condition could enhance the interaction intensity which could give the tourists the direct insights from the community and vice versa. One of the creative tourism destinations in Indonesia, specifically in Bandung, is “Kampung Wisata Kreatif Braga” or Braga’s Creative Tourism Village which offer various number of activities that related to education and art for its visitors. Due to the fact that intervention in tourism activity form has occurred in Braga’s Residential Area, there are several adaptations both physical and function on the existing space to support tourism activities therein. Spatial anayisis in Kampung Wisata Kreatif Braga is done for the purpose of studying the spatial pattern both before the formal announcement of the creative village and after the commencement also when creative events are held or not. This spatial analysis is carried out because this phenomenon of creative tourism village is quite unique due to the fact that offering tourist attraction in an active residential area that are still inhabited by the inhabitants so that the spatial and function transformation could be identified due to the tourism activities intervention that occurred in Braga’s Creative Village residential area. Besides spotting the transformation of spatial pattern and function, research was also carried out on studying the factor that cause these changes up to classifying the the type of transformation wheter it is temporary or permanent/semi-permanent. These categories are seen by the ability to reverse to its original state. If the changes could go back to its original form in a short time, it will be categorized as a temporal transformation. A transformation will be categorized as permanent/semi-permanent trasnformation when the changes couldn’t go back to its original form or even if it could, it will need a long time. This researsh found that tourism activity as intervention on Kampung Braga has brought a particular number of transformations to its spatial patternd and function to adapt to activities occurred within. It is hoped that this research could contribute in scientific realm in reagrds to how tourism could give contribution in various form to the community, mainly in a residential area/human settlement which act as living space for its inhabitants (community) with tourism activities within.