Mapping the Arts Anak Nagari: Cultural Tourism Strategy in Solok District, West Sumatra

Abstract

West Sumatra is one of the provinces that have potential tourism opportunities in attracting domestic and foreign tourists. Solok Regency as one of the administrative regions in West Sumatra seeks to seize this opportunity by exploring all the tourism potential in the area. The beauty of the landscape and the wealth of natural resources in Solok Regency are also supported by abundant cultural property in the form of art. This abundant cultural property can be used as a potential tourist attraction for visiting the Regency of Solok. The local government through the Department of Tourism and Culture captures this market share to be explored in order to support the tourism program in Solok Regency. Concretely, Solok Regency has launched a number of Nagari (sub-district level) in the area as "Culture Tourism" or Kampung Budaya.To realize cultural tourism in Solok Regency, it is deemed necessary to map art studio or galleries located in Solok Regency as an effort to preserve cultural values and to find out in detail the strength of the region in developing the potential for cultural tourism. Art studio is a place or facility used by a community or group of people to carry out artistic activities such as dancing, painting, crafts and acting. This study will explain in detail and communicative the mapping of art studios and traditional values in Solok Regency so that they can be used as cultural forces to support the implementation of cultural tourism in Solok Regency.

Keywords : Children ;, mapping Nagari; Potential; Culture tour;

DOI: 10.7176/ADS/78-03

Publication date: November 30th 2019