TOURIST PERCEPTION OF THE QUALITY OF SERMO RESERVOIR TOURISM OBJECTS IN KULON PROGO REGENCY. Nurlahari Al Rezki
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TOURIST PERCEPTION OF THE QUALITY OF SERMO RESERVOIR TOURISM OBJECTS IN KULON PROGO REGENCY
Nurlahari Al Rezkin.al.rezki@gmail.com
This research focused ontourist perception to quality of Waduk Sermo tourism object . The research method that author used is descriptive questionnaire. The sample author takes for this research is 100 tourist. Author uses accidental random sampling for data taking method, and then analized with descriptive qualitative analysis. Result research shows that attraction and condition of Waduk Sermo got really good perception. Accesibility perception can be improved by doingstreetreparation and suplaying mass transportation. Here are advices for the tourism object developement; pelatihan for employes of this tourism object and the service servant. Repairation and evaluation soon has to be meant for toilet, religious service, suplaying trash can, and addition information. And some renovation are needed for the gazebo and view shelter.
Keywords: Perception, Tourist, Quality, Tourism Object
This research focuses on tourist perceptions of the quality of Sermo Reservoir tourism objects. The research method used is a surve descriptive method. The sample from this study was 100 tourists of the Sermo Reservoir . Data collection was carried out using the accidental random sampling method, then analyzed using qualitative descriptive analysis methods . The results of the study showed that the attractions and conditions of the Sermo Reservoir tourism object received a very good perception. The perception of accessibility can be improved by refurbishing in several road points and procuring generic transportation. Suggestions for the development of this tourist object include training for tourism object officers and service providers. Repairs and evaluations in the near future should be aimed at repairing toilets, making places of worship, adding trash cans, &making supporting information. For gazebo facilities and viewing substations it is also necessary to hold restoration, cleaning, and monitoring of use.
Keywords: Perception, Tourist, Quality, Tourist Attractions
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Kulon Progo Regency has tirta tourism objects in the form of reservoirs which are the only reservoirs in the Special Regionyogyakarta.Sermo Reservoir is located in Hargowilis Village, Kokap District, Kulon Progo Regency.Other regencies in the Yogyakakartayakni Gunung Kidul Region also have similar tirta tourism in the form ofdanaukarst, but nir as large as the ReservoirSermo. The area of inundation in this reservoir is less than 157 hectares which has clear water with its winding shape. It can be said that this Sermo Reservoir can be a tourist attraction in kulon progo district.The area in less Sermo Reservoir is part of the hills Of the Village which is surrounded by the traditional hills that are eroded weakly to moderately. The bottom of the ReservoirSermo contains poly sandstone and claystone with abundant molluska. Its walls are partly grand andesite reforms. This ecosystem is an aquatic ecosystem with a variety of plants and freshwater. There is a compound of aquatic fish that develop in the ReservoirSermo, including: tilapia, tawes, bader, mujair, cork, boso, red devildan
jaguar cichlid. While the ecosystem in
forest places in more or less Sermo Reservoiris a low mountain ecosystem using forest plantations or
forests that are the result of security by the government. Various trees still exist in this place, including pine, teak, acacia, kayuputih, &still poly again which are divided into plots according to their respective types.
The Sermo Reservoir was built in 1994 and completed in 1996 which was later inaugurated by PresidentSoeharto. The main purpose of the construction of the Sermo Reservoir is to store deep water when the discharge is excessively discharged. The water deposits can be used for various purposes of providing irrigated water in the hamlets of Clereng, Compassionate, Pekik Jamal, and the provision of clean water, especially in wates district and hilly areas in more or less TheSermo Reservoir. In addition, the Sermo Reservoir functions to prevent floods, especially in thepengasih sub-district area, increase agricultural productivity, suppliers of raw water needs for household needs, learning facilities, as tourist attractions, and support other vehicles that are of economic value.
Sermo Reservoir is one of the 3 tourist attractions in Kulon Progoyang will be concentrated on the development of the provincial government Of The Special RegionYogyakartaand the kulonprogo district government. The development has the aim of increasing the frequency of tourist visits. When associated with regional development, the development of the tourism sector plays an important role
and can be a catalyst to improve the development of other sectors little by little. The successful development of the tourism sector will increase its role in regional revenue, where tourism is the main component (Salah, 2003).
Sujali (1989) saidthat the purpose of carrying out activitiesinleisure timewithrecreation or tourism is to get pleasure or satisfaction whether born or spiritual ). The theory says that if the tourist has received satisfaction, the purpose of his activity has been achieved. The satisfaction of the tourists themselves according to Douglas (1978) can be determined by accessibility, natural area, & facilities. The concept makes it clear that the satisfaction of tourism can be studied through accessibility, natural areas, & facilities. Weber and Damanik (2006) also explained that the tourist offer elementis not infrequently referred to as triple A'swhich consists of attractions, accessibility, and amenities. Then the things described in some of these theoriesincluded into the elaboration according to 3A, can be used as parameters to study the quality offered by the Sermo Reservoir tourism object.
Tourists who visited the Sermo Reservoir tourism site in the last three years showed a very significant development. This can be seen in Figure 1.1
Figure 1.1. Tourist Visits to WadukSermo
Source : Dinas Pariwisata DIY, 2012
The phenomenon of increasing the number of tourist visits toWadukSermo shows that this tourism object is a tourism object that is experiencing development. The ups and downs in the number of tourist visits that occur need attention so that the object
The significant development of tourists' visits to the Tourist Reservoir tourism objects related to the quality of the tourist objects that are located there makes it interesting to be researched. The perception of tourism that arises from the tourism object of the Sermo Reservoir with the quality it has will certainly be very diverse. This perception can later be used as a material for considering the direction of development of tourism objects for the future. Based on the background and the formulation of problems that have been described, the purpose of this study is to know the characteristics of tourists from the Sermo Reservoir tourism and to know the perception of tourists facing the quality of tourist objects of the Sermo Reservoir.
The method used in this research is a descriptive survey method. Jonah (2010) reveals
that in general this type of methodis labeled qualitative, that is, as a descriptive survey research method because it bases on interpreting qualitative data and not on statistical and mathematical techniques for which most data are quantitatively specific. Data collectionfromrespondents is obtained by using surveys. The question contained in the general news in this research focuses on the perception of tourists towards the quality of the Sermo Reservoir tourism object. Questionnaires in this study were distributed to Sermo Reservoir tourism officers usingthe accindental sampling method
The number of samples to be taken is as many as 100 respondents. The number of samples is obtained from the method introduced by Seville (1993) using the following formula:
n = sample size or number ofrespondents
N = population size or number of tourists in a given timee = Critical value (accuracy limit)
The tourist population of Sermo Reservoir tourism objects in the last 1 year from statistical data of the DIY Tourism Department is as many as 20,822 tourists. The population is classified as a grand population, which is why this study used a research limit of 0.1 (10%). Thenwith the formula of the method that
introduced by Sevilla (1993), hence the calculation of the number of samples :
The calculations above show that the number of samples from the population to be used as respondents is 99.52034, then in this study it will be rounded to 100 respondents.