FORMULATION OF TRAINING MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR ASTRONOMY TOUR GUIDE

• Main Author: Zaki Hanif, Abdullah
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/83113
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Astrotourism is a form of tourism that combines astronomical knowledge and recreation in an activity in society. Astronomical knowledge is specific knowledge that not everyone knows, therefore astrotourism activities usually require guidance from people who have astronomical knowledge. The lack of standardization of astrotourism guide training can result in the quality of information conveyed to tourists being poor, prone to errors, or only relying on questions from tourists. Therefore, there is a need for tourist guide training that explains astronomical material that can be used as a reference. This final assignment discusses astronomy material that is interesting to the public, simple material to be given to training participants, and training methods. From literature studies, it is known that a strong desire to travel is driven by wanderlust and sun lust. It is also known that people's biggest motivation for doing astrotourism is intellectual motivation or curiosity. Tour guides act as leaders, educators, liaisons, hosts and distributors of local culture at tourist attractions so that training with clear materials and methods will improve the quality of tour guides so that visitors' experiences at a tourist attraction will be better. The material that will be provided in the training is astronomy material consisting of classical gravity, history of astronomy, lunar and solar eclipses, the solar system, constellations and celestial coordinates, calendars, and deep sky objects. Apart from that, there is non-astronomical material which contains tourism facilities and infrastructure, the basics of public speaking, how to look good and neat, and good etiquette. The methods that have been formulated for training are classroom learning, written tests, practice in presenting material to tourists, and case studies. It is hoped that this final project can contribute to increasing the development of astrotourism, by helping to create a basis for standardizing guide training in Indonesia.