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THE PROMOTION STRATEGIES OF DISBUDPAR

KARANGANYAR IN DEVELOPING KARANGANYAR

TOURISM

FINAL PROJECT

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of Requirement in Obtaining Degree from

The English Diploma Program, Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts,

Sebelas Maret University

By:

Amalia Nur Rochmah

C 9309009

ENGLISH DIPLOMA PROGRAM

FACULTY OF LETTERS AND FINE ARTS

SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY

2012


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MOTTO

Measure success not by what you have done, but what you could do.

(Unknown)

Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what

happens to you. (Unknown)

Instead of giving myself reasons why I can’t, I give myself reasons why I

can. (Unknown)


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DEDICATION

I dedicate this Final Project Report to:

My Savior, My Almighty God,

ALLAH SWT

My beloved parents

My beloved Husband and Son

My big family

My Lecturers

All My best friends


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PREFACE

Assalamualaikum Wr. Wb.

Alhamdulillahirrobil’alamin, first of all thanks to Allah SWT for the

blessing so that the writer can finish this final project report. The writer writes this

Final Project Report to fulfill the requirement in obtaining the English Diploma III

Degree. The writer did the job training in Karanganyar Tourism Office in the

marketing division because she wants to learn about the marketing strategies that

have been done by the office.

This Final Project Report describes the promotion strategies of DISBUDPAR

Karanganyar in developing Karanganyar tourism. Besides, this final project also

informs the readers about whatproblems faced by DISBUDPAR in running its

programs and also gives somesuggestions to minimize them.

The writer realized that this Final Project Report is far from being perfect.

Therefore, the writer would appreciate and be willing to accept positive advices

and criticisms.

The writer hopes that this final project report will be useful for all readers.

Thank you.

Wassalamualaikum Wr. Wb

Surakarta, June 2012

Amalia Nur Rochmah


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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin. Finally, I have finished this final project

report. First of all, I would like to express my highest gratitude to Allah SWT who

makes everything possible. During the process of finishing this final project

report, I get many supports and suggestions from many sides. Therefore, I would

like to give my deepest thanks to:

1. Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M.ed, Ph.D, Dean of the Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts for

approving the report.

2. Mr. Yusuf Kurniawan, SS, MA, Head of English Diploma Program as my

Academic Supervisor and my Supervisor. Thank you so much for the patience,

guidance, and help during the process of making this Final Project report.

3. All my lecturers in the Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts. Thank you for the

guidance and knowledge that have been given to me.

4. My beloved Mom and Dad. Thanks for the support, advice, prayer and for all

have been given to me, I love you so much.

5. My big family, especially, my beloved husband, Decky Prihatama, SE and my

handsome boy, Shaquille Athallah Raesha. Thank you so much for your love and

everything that you have given to me, you are my everything.

6. All of the officials of Karanganyar Tourism Office, thank you so much for all

assistances, supports and guidance.


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7. All of my friends in class, especially for Elvira, Nindi, Clevia, Agus,

Apbiyanaries , Aziz, Cahyo, that too many to mention, thank you so much for the

support and all experience that you gave me.

Surakarta, June 2012

Amalia Nur Rochmah


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ABSTRACT

Amalia Nur Rochmah. 2012. The Promotion Strategies of DISBUDPAR

Karanganyar in Developing Karanganyar Tourism. English Diploma

Program, Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts, Sebelas Maret University.

This report is written based on the job training which has been done at

DISBUDPAR Karanganyar. The objectives of this report are to describe the

promotion strategies of DISBUDPAR Karanganyar, to find out the problems

faced by DISBUDPAR Karanganyar and the solutions to the problems faced

by DISBUDPAR Karanganyar in developing tourism in Karanganyar. The

data of this report are taken from observation and library study by collecting

information from books, document, interview and other reliable literatures.

Based on the observation conducted, conclusion can be drawn that

DISBUDPAR did various promotion activities which were done

continuously. Promotion was done in order to create awareness among public

about tourist attraction and also improve the tourist visit Karanganyar. There

were several promotion activities done by DISBUDPAR, promoting tourism

attraction, holding local events and participating in national events, carrying

out annual Putra Putri Lawu event Karanganyar, and making coordination

with other entertainment places.

In relation to developing Karanganyar tourism, there are two kinds of

problem that were faced by DISBUDPAR Karanganyar, internal problems

and external problem. The internal problems consist of financial problems,

limited equipment, and limited information for foreign tourists. The external

problem is the small number of visit of foreign tourists.

Therefore, the solution of the internal problems are cooperating with other

institutions, repairing the old equipment, providing more equipment, and

making the staff English skill better. The solution to the external problem is

adding media both printed and electronic.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE.......................................................................................................................i

APPROVAL OF THE CONSULANT.......................................................... ii

APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS..................................... iii

MOTTO..................................................................................................... iv

DEDICATION..................................................................................... v

PREFACE............................................................................................. vi

ACKNOWLEDGMENT........................................................................ vii

ABSTRACT........................................................................................... ix

TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................... x

CHAPTER I:

INTRODUCTION..................................................................................... 1

A. Background ............................................................................... 1

B. Objectives ................................................................................. 2

C. Benefits ................................................................................ 3

CHAPTER II: LITERATURE

REVIEW......................................................................... 4

A. Promotion ............................................................................ 4


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1. Definition of Promotion.................................................. 4

2. The Promotional Mix............................................................ 5

B. Tourism ……………….................................... 7

1. Definition of Tourism………………................................... 7

2. The Classification of Tourism............................................ 8

CHAPTER III:

DISCUSSION........................................................................................... 11

A. General Description of DISBUDPAR

Karanganyar........................................ 11

B. The activity of the writer in DISBUDPAR

Karanganyar…............................ 12

C. The Strategy of Promotion of DISBUDPAR in Developing

Karanganyar Tourism………………..................................... 14

D. Problems of DISBUDPAR in Promoting and Developing Karanganyar

Tourism………………………................. 16

E. Solutions of DISBUDPAR in Promoting and Developing Karanganyar

Tourism…………………………………………. 17

CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSION AND

SUGGESTIONS.................................................. 20

A. Conclusion............................................................................ 20

B. Suggestion.......................................................................... 21

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDICE


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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background

Indonesia is a big country consisting of thousands of islands.

Indonesia is well-known in the world, especially in South East Asia as one of

the international tourist destinations in the world. Many international or

regional tourists are interested in visiting Indonesia every year because

Indonesia has the beauty of the natures, many historical places, the richness

of cultures and arts.

Indonesian tourism attractions are unique and different from others.

Many kinds of beauty of natures, cultures, and ethnic groups in Indonesia can

attract tourists, and it is proven by the number of tourists who come to

Indonesia everyday. Indonesian government relies on the income of tourism

industry in Indonesia, because the development of the industry has a big

chance in the future considering many attractive tourist destinations in the

country.

One of the big islands in Indonesia is Java which is the center of

administration. At the heart of Java, there is one of the cultural regencies

named Karanganyar. It is one of the most interesting tourist destinations in

Central Java. Karanganyar’s government tried to develop tourism

professionally, because the government realized that Karanganyar needs

support by making the facilities better such as: transportation,

accommodation, restaurant, public facilities, tourism attraction, cleaning all

the facilities, show the hospitality of people, developing the highly valuable

culture, arts and history, maintaining the safety for tourist. It is a potential

destination for tourism industry. Karanganyar’s government can increase the

income of Karanganyar residents by developing the tourism industry. On the


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efforts to develop tourism, it is not necessary to import some machines, or

high technologies to support it, tourism industry needs only promotion to

introduce its attractions to people.

The promotion activities of Karanganyar tourism are handled by

DISBUDPAR (Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata)-bureau of culture and

tourism. DISBUDPAR has main duties of promoting and developing

Karanganyar tourism industry. DISBUDPAR has several strategies to

promote Karanganyar as tourism center.

Therefore, the title of this final project is THE PROMOTION

STRATEGIES OF DISBUDPAR KARANGANYAR IN DEVELOPING

KARANGANYAR TOURISM.

B. Objectives

Based on the problem statement, the objectives are :

1. To describe the promotion strategies of DISBUDPAR Karanganyar in

promoting Karanganyar tourism.

2. To find out the problems faced by DISBUDPAR Karanganyar in

promoting Karanganyar tourism.

3. To find out the solutions to the prolems faced by DISBUDPAR

Karanganyar in promoting Karanganyar tourism.


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C. Benefits

Hopefully this report is expected to be benefical to :

1. The Institution

To give better understanding about problem and solution strategies of

DISBUDPAR and find the strengths and weaknesses of DISBUDPAR,

so they can improve their work.

2. Writer

To know more about DISBUDPAR of Karanganyar.

3. Readers

It is expected for the readers to get information about the strategies and

the problems and solution of DISBUDPAR in promoting Karanganyar

tourism.


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CHAPTER II

LITERATURE REVIEW

A. Promotion

1. Definition of Promotion

Promotion is communicating with public in an attempt to influence

them toward buying your products and/or services. Promotion is the broader,

includes all the ways available to make a product and/or service known to and

purchased by customers and clients. The word promotion is also used

specifically to refer to a particular activity that is intended to promote the

business, product or service. According to The Longman Dictionary of

Contemporary English, promotion means:

a. A progression upward in rank: advancement, elevation, jump,

rise, upgrade.

b. A systematic effort and act : increasing the reputation by

favorable publicity such as advertisement, ballyhoo, buildup,

publicity, and puffery.

Promotion is one of the marketing strategy activities that have a close

relationship with communication. It is the type of persuasive communication

between marketer and one or more of its stakeholder groups.

So, promotion is an important part of marketing activities in every

company. The success of company is determined not only by the quality of

services and products, but also by the marketing activities done by the

company to inform and to influence the public toward buying its products or

services.


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Promotion activities include any actions designed to advance or to

increase the sales of the product or the services. Promotion has close

relationship with communication.

2. The Promotional Mix

Promotion is one of the four Ps of marketing—price, product,place,

and promotion. Promotion is generally thought as a sequence of activities

designed to inform and convince individuals to purchase a product, subscribe

to a belief, or support a cause. All of the various tools available to marketing

managers for achieving company objectives is known as the promotional

mix—advertising, personal selling, public relations, sales promotion and

direct marketing. (Berkowitz, 2000:494)

Based on the quotation above, it can be concluded that the functions

of promotion is to let people know about the products and to persuade people

to buy the products. So, promotion is a pushing factor for influencing people

to consume the products.

There are various tools available to marketing managers for achieving

company objectives which is known as the promotional mix:

a. Advertising

There are many definitions of advertising. According to

Zikmund, William G, (1999:392) in their book, Effective Marketing :

Creating and keeping customers, says that “An informative or

persuasive message carried by a non personal medium & paid for by an

identified sponsor whose organization or product is identified in some

way.”

Meanwhile according to Thorson, Esther and David W.S

(2007:262) in his book, Internet Advertising, says that “Paid non-

personal communication from an identified sponsor using mass media

to persuade or influence an audience.”

Based on the quotation above, it can be concluded that

advertising is a form of communication used to encourage or persuade

an audience (viewers, readers or listeners) to continue or take some new

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuade


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action. Advertising messages are usually paid for by sponsors and

viewed via various traditional media,including mass media such as

newspaper, magazines, television commercial, radio advertisement,

outdoor advertising or direct mail or new media such as blogs and

websites and text messages.

b. Direct Marketing

Another promotional alternative, direct marketing, uses direct

communication with consumers to generate a response in the form of an

order, a request for further information, or visit to a retail outlet. The

communication can take many forms including face-to-face selling,

direct mail, catalogs, telephone solicitations, direct response advertising

(on television, radio, and in print), and online marketing (Berkowitz,

2000: 497)

Based on the quotation above, it can be concluded that direct

marketing is the practice of delivering promotional messages directly to

potential customers on an individual basis as opposed to through a mass

medium.

c. Public Relations

Public relations is about reputation, the result of what you do

what you say and what the others say about you. Public relations practice

is the discipline which looks after reputation, with the aim of

understanding, supporting and influencing opinion and behavior. It is the

planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain goodwill and

mutual understanding between organization and its publics. ( PR, 1999:1

in Harrison, 2002:2)

So, based on the quotation above, the meaning of Public

Relation is a form of communication management that seeks to

influence the feelings, opinions, or beliefs held by customers,

prospective costumers, stockholders, suppliers, employees, and other

public about a company and its products or services. The overall goal

of any public relations effort is to project a positive company image.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsor_%28commercial%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_media

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazines

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_commercial

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_advertisement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outdoor_advertising

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_mail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_messages

http://www.investorwords.com/10728/promotional.html

http://www.investorwords.com/9454/directly.html

http://www.investorwords.com/10666/potential.html

http://www.investorwords.com/5877/customer.html

http://www.investorwords.com/10299/medium.html


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d. Sales promotion

Sales promotion is one of the five aspects of the promotional

mix. According to Berkowitz (2000:496) in his book, Marketing, states

that “Sales promotion is a short-term inducement of value offered to

arouse interest in buying a good service. Used in conjunction with

advertising and personal selling, sales promotion are offered to

intermediaries as well as to ultimate consumers.”

So, based on the quotation, the writer conclude that the meaning

of sales promotion is activities, materials, devices, and techniques used

to supplement the advertising and marketing efforts and help coordinate

the advertising with the personal selling effort

e. Personal Selling

Personal selling is defined as the two way flow of communication

between a buyer and seller, designed to influence a person’s or group’s

purchase decision. Unlike advertising, personal selling is usually face-to-

face communication between the sender and receiver (Berkowitz, 2000:

495).

So, based on the quotation, it can be concluded that the fuction

of personal selling is the process of communicating with a potential

buyer (or buyers) face-to-face with the purpose of selling a product or

service.

B. Tourism

1. Definition of Tourism

There are many definitions of tourism. According to Richard Sharpley

(2008:30) in his book, Tourism, Tourist and Society, says that :

Tourism is the temporary short-term movement of people to

destination outside the places where they normally live and work, and their

activities during their stay at these destination, the activities includes

movement for all purposes as well as day visit excursions.

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Meanwhile according to Yoeti (1983:45) in her book, Pengantar Ilmu

Pariwisata states that “Tourism is one of the new industries that can produce

rapid economic growth in the provision of employment opportunities,

increase income, and stimulate the productivity of other sectors.”

Based on the quotation above, it can be concluded that the meaning of

tourism is the temporary movement of people to destination outside their

normal place and residence for getting fun and pleasure.

2. The Classification of Tourism

Sue Warn (1999:7) in his book the Recreation and Tourism, tourist

can be divided into four.

a. Distance : There is a fundamental different between short-haul and

long-haul tourism, and this has an impact on length of stay. A clear

statistical distinction can be made between international and domestic

tourism.

b. Location of the host region : For example, rural and urban tourism, or

tourism at the coast and in inland mountain areas, leads to markedly

different development of activities and facilities.

c. Type of activity : For example, ski-tourism and health spa tourism are

again distinct sectors, and many specialist activities, such as bird-

watching, scuba-diving and aviation all spawn more specialist niche

tourism, sometimes in unusual locations.

d. Purpose : For example, business and recreation tourism are frequently

complementary. Activities such as conferences and conventions have

very different patterns and impact compared with tourism for pleasure.


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Meanwhile, there is another classification of tourism delivered by The

World Tourism Organization, they are:

a. Disaster tourism : The act of tourism to a disaster area as a matter of

curiosity. The behavior can be a nuisance if it hinders rescue, relief, and

recovery operations.

b. Ecotourism : a form of tourism, that appeals to ecologically and

socially conscious individuals. Generally speaking, ecotourism focuses

on volunteering, personal growth and learning new ways to live on the

planet.

c. Heritage tourism : a branch of tourism oriented towards the cultural

heritage of the location where tourism is occurring. Culture has always

been a major object of travel.

d. Cultural tourism : tourism that generally focuses on traditional

communities who have diverse customs and unique form of art.

e. Agritourism : a style of vacation which is normally on farm, this may

include the chance to help with farming task during the visit, tourist can

pick fruits and vegetables, ride horses, taste honey, hand-crafted gifts,

and much more.

f. Adventure tourism: a type of tourism involving exploration or travel to

remote areas, it may include the performance of acts that require

significant effort and may also involve some degree of risk.

Based on the explanation above, it can be concluded that the meaning

of classification of tourism is the temporary movement of people to

destinations outside their normal places of work and residence, the activities

undertaken during their stay in those destinations, and the facilities created to

cater to their needs.


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However, tourism has a lot of functions depending on the expert with

different basis of the study.


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CHAPTER III

DISCUSSION

A. General Description of DISBUDPAR Karanganyar

1. History

Karanganyar Tourism Office is the main element that supports the

development of tourism sector in Karanganyar regency. Karanganyar

Tourism Office was established in 1987 based on the Peraturan Daerah no. 2

1987. The “Peraturan Daerah” (Regulation made by the Government of

Karanganyar Regency) is based on the Decree of the Regent of Karanganyar

no. 556/ 82/ 1986 about the regional tourism administration in Karanganyar

Regency.

Based on the Peraturan Daerah no.9 2001, Karanganyar Tourism

Office has the main duty to do the local autonomy in Karanganyar related to

tourism sector in Karanganyar Regency. Based on that decree, Karanganyar

Tourism Office has several functions, they are:

1. Arranging technical policies of the local government in the tourism

sector.

2. Giving licenses to private tourism companies.

3. Giving guidances to private tourism companies related to tourism

sector in Karanganyar Regency.

4. Coordinating the tourism sector consisting of tourist resorts,

tourism accomodation, tourism marketing, and administration.

Karangayar Tourism Office has the authority for planning the

operational policy, giving guidance, and constructing the potential tourist

attractions, giving the license for private tourism companies comforted to the

policy as issued by the Regent of Karanganyar, developing the accomodation


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operation of tourism, recreation, and public entertainment and the last,

controlling and developing tourism assets of the Karanganyar Regency.

The main duties of Karanganyar Tourism Office are:

a. to handle the tourism matter as its important responsibility.

b. to handle the other duties given by the local government of

Karanganyar.

2. Vision and Mission

The vision and mission of DISBUDPAR Karanganyar are as follows:

a. Vision

The vision of Karanganyar Tourism Office is to make

Karanganyar Regency as the main tourist resort.

b. Missions

To improve tourist resort and the potentials of environmentally

professional tourism.

To make the tourism industry as a field to create job

opportunities, to improve the prosperity of the society and to

increase the income of the region.

To improve the management of tourism promotion.

3. Location

DISBUDPAR Karanganyar is located on Jl. Lawu Karanganyar

(Komplek Perkantoran, Kelurahan Cangakan).

B. The activity of the writer in DISBUDPAR Karanganyar

The writer did the Job Training at DISBUDPAR Karanganyar within a

month. She started to have the Job Training from January 16, 2012 and it

ended on February 16, 2012. During the Job training, she worked in


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DISBUDPAR Karanganyar in every section of division. The Job Training

hour was from 07.30 – 13.00 for Monday through Thursday ; 07.30 – 11.00

for Friday, and 07.30 – 12.00 for Saturday. The writer was assigned to all

four section of DISBUDPAR Karanganyar.

Activities during the job training:

1. Section of Tourism Marketing

The activities done by the writer in this division are:

Reading the books related to tourism matter.

Learning the marketing strategies of Karanganyar Tourism Office.

Making and designing the leaflets of tourist resorts in Karanganyar

Regency.

2. Section of Tourist Resort


Typing letters such as invitation letter, report, and correspondence.

Making and designing the events that will be held by Karanganyar

Tourism Office.

Visiting the tourist resort in Karanganyar to make the report about

the condition of the resort.

3. Administration Section


Receiving and delivering the mails, proposals, invitation, and

correspondence both to and from Karanganyar Tourism Office.

Delivering the report of all matters related to Karanganyar Tourism

Office to the local government of Karanganyar.

Making a list of the guests who have visited Karanganyar Tourism

Office.


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4. Equipment Section


Typing the license letter for Privat Tourism Firm.

Taking part in making the profile of Sukuh Temple

Taking part in making the new slogan of Karanganyar Tourism.

C. The Strategy of Promotion of DISBUDPAR in Developing

Karanganyar Tourism

Promotion is the communication part of marketing. Promotion

provides the customers with information and knowledge in an informative

and persuasive manner. This is expected that promotion activities can

increase the number of visitors (tourists). There are strategy of promotion of

DISBUDPAR in developing Karanganyar tourism :

1. Promoting Tourism Attraction

Promotion is very important to introduce tourist attractions in

Karanganyar. DISBUDPAR used a several promotional instruments, i.e. :

a. Printed Media

DISBUDPAR tries to attract the foreign and domestic tourists by

using printed media like brochures, catalogues and leaflets that have pictures

and description about the specified tourist objects and also makes

performance agenda. This is like brochures that contain the calendar of events

in a year.

b. Electronic Media

DISBUDPAR has a website ( www.karanganyar.go.id) about the

tourist objects that are located in Karanganyar. It is presented to anyone who

wants to know about the description in certain tourism objects in

Karanganyar without coming to DISBUDPAR. By putting promotional


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materials on the web, one saves on printing costs, while one is able to update

the information at any point in time without substantial costs.

2. Holding Local Events and Participating in National Events

To attract tourists to visit, DISBUDPAR tries to provide many local

cultures. Local events perform traditional cultures of Karanganyar. It shows

the identity of the Karanganyar culture. The local events are held on different

periods; daily, weekly, monthly, annually or only in particular time related to

certain event. The Grebeg Gilingan ceremony is one of the examples of

traditional ceremony of the local events. The Grebeg Gilingan is held to

celebrate the harvest of sugarcane. People usually called Grebeg Gilingan

with Cembengan. It is a kind of folks feast which is held by the sugar

company.

Promoting activities of the Karanganyar tourism is not only done by

holding local events, but also by participating in national event. The Odalan

ceremony is one of the examples for religious national events. It is traditional

ceremony which is held by Hindu. It was held every 210 days in Pamecekan

Temple and it was attend not only Hindu in Karanganyar but also Hindu from

Bali. The Odalan ceremony is held to celebrate the birthday of ancestor.

3. Carrying out annual “ Putra- Putri Lawu“

Every year DISBUDPAR holds “Putra- Putri Lawu Events. It is aimed

at appointting tourism ambassador for Karanganyar. Their duty is to promote

the Karanganyar tourism. Everyone who wants to be “Putra-Putri Lawu” has

to fulfill the requirements such as the requirement to have good physical

appearance, smart, have expanding horizon about the Tourism and Culture of

Karanganayar, and also to be fluent to communicate in foreign languages,

especially English.


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4. Making coordination with other Entertaiment Places

One of the four factors of potential tourism destination is the

amenities. Amenities are facilities that people can have. For that reason

DISBUDPAR makes coordination with hotels, motels, home stays,

restaurant, pubs and other entertainment places and also travel agent. This

step has objectives to make accommodation available for tourists and visitors,

so they will stay longer in Karanganyar, because they feel comfortable and

satisfied.

D. Problems of DISBUDPAR in Promoting and Developing

Karanganyar Tourism

In promoting activities, DISBUDPAR faces some difficulties. The

problems are divided into two, there are internal problems and external

problems. The Internal problems are related to budget, limited equipment and

limited information for the foreign tourists. On the other hand, external

problem is the small number of foreign tourist’s visits.

1. Internal problem

a. Problems related to budget

Fund is very important for DISBUDPAR Karanganyar to support their

activities. In all marketing program DISBUDPAR Karanganyar requires extra

expenses to finance. Definitely, the local government always considers the

tourism field by giving adequate fund through DISBUDPAR Karanganyar.

However, the fund is very important to support their activities because there

are many programs and they need more fund. Obviously, the marketing

promotion always need more fund but they always find the difficulties

because of the rule of the government. Some events are canceled due to the

situation.


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b. Limited equipment

The situation needs sophisticated equipment, for example computer.

In fact, nowadays the equipment has not fulfilled the expectation. Some of the

electronic tools are damage and some of the tools have not good quality.

c. Limited information to foreign tourists

The visitors did not only come from the domestic region, but also

from foreign countries. It is sure that the staff in the tourist attraction and in

DISBUDPAR have to be fluent in foreign language especially English. In

fact, there are several employees who are not fluent in foreign language. As

we know information staff is the main communicator for the visitors in each

of the tourist attraction. Hospitality and good communication is needed in

giving good service. On the other hand, there are still some weaknesses in the

operation staff to have communication with the foreign tourists. The effect is

that the purpose of tourism is not successfully given to the visitors. Tourists

will feel unsatisfied with the service given by DISBUDPAR Karanganyar.

2. External problem

a. Small number of visit of foreign tourist

Although Karanganyar surrounded by several cities, it can not be

denied that only a few number of foreign tourists who know about the

existence of the city. In addition, there are only a few Karanganyar tourism

attractions, which are known by the other countries. This is a big problem to

DISBUDPAR Karanganyar because it can influence the regional income.

E. Solutions of DISBUDPAR in Promoting and Developing

Karanganyar Tourism

After knowing some problems in promotion activities of Karanganyar

tourism, there are some strategies to deal with the problems:


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1. The solution of budget

Cooperating with other institution DISBUDPAR Karanganyar should

enhance its cooperation with other institution i.e the same typical institution.

From the new cooperation it is expected to DISBUDPAR Karanganyar to get

sufficient fund from the cooperation.

2. The solution of limited equipment

a. Repairing the old equipment

The tools are not always in a new shape but the most important thing

is they can still be used. The tools which have minor errors can be repaired.

Automatically, after it has been repaired, the marketing process can go on

smoothly.

b. Providing more equipment

The other way to solve the problem is adding the new one. It will be

better if the tools are more sophisticated and they are in numerous quantities.

It can use the institution fund and should be directly managed by tourism

instrument section.

3. The solution of limited information to foreign tourists

The way to solve the problem is making the staff’s English skill

better. DISBUDPAR should care and be responsible for the quality of their

staff, especially their skill. The company can make several efforts:

a. To recruitment of new staff

The new staff has to master several foreign languages, especially

English. It is because foreign language is not only necessary when the staffs

face foreign visitors, but also when they are in programs that involve foreign

countries.


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b. To re-education and train staff

It can be done by bringing up English teacher to teach the staff in

spare time i.e. Friday or Saturday. The other action is by making an English

conversation day to maintain their skill in communication.

4. The solution of limited knowledge of foreign visitors about Karanganyar

existence

The important thing to solve this problem is how to make the outsiders

know the existence of Karanganyar Tourism Attraction. On the other hand,

the regency has many interesting places, which are comfortable to be visited.

The solution is by adding media both printed and electronic. All media are

distributed into tourism exhibition both national and international, tourism

seminar, travel agency, hotels, embassy office in Indonesia, etc.


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CHAPTER IV

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion

After completing this final project, the writer can give the conclusion

as follows:

There are four strategies of DISBUDPAR Karanganyar for improving

tourist attractions, i.e:

1. Promoting Tourism Attraction

Printed Media ( brochures, catalogues and leaflets )

Electronic Media (www.karanganyar.go.id )

2. Holding Local Events and Participating in National Events

3. Carrying out the annual event “ putra- putri Lawu“

4. Making coordination with other Entertaiment Places

Meanwhile, there are two kinds of problem that are faced by

DISBUDPAR Karanganyar, namely internal problems and external problem.

The internal problems consist of financial problems, limited equipment, and

limited information for foreign tourists. The external problem is the small

number of visit of foreign tourists.

After knowing the problems, the solution of internal problems are

cooperating with other institutions, repairing the old equipment, providing

more equipment, and making the staff English skill better. The solution to the

external problem is by adding media both printed and electronic. All media

are distributed to tourism exhibition both national and international, tourism

seminar, travel agencies, hotel, embassy office in Indonesia, etc.

http://www.karanganyar.go.id/


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B. Suggestion

The writer wants to give some suggestions as follows:

1. To DISBUDPAR Karanganyar

a. DISBUDPAR Karanganyar should add promotion media especially

brochure about Karanganyar tourism attractions.

b. DISBUDPAR Karanganyar should improve its cooperation with

other institutions.

c. In order to improve the service, DISBUDPAR Karanganyar should

add the cultural activities, especially during holiday seasons or in

special occasions.

d. It is necessary that the staff of DISBUDPAR Karanganyar should

be able to speak English.

2. To English Diploma Program

a. It is necessary for the institution to have relation with other

companies or tourism institutions in order to help the students do

the job training.

b. The institution should give the students much longer time to find

and to do job training.

c. For the students of English Diploma Program who want to have

job training, it is necessary to prepare themselves, before they go

to the job training.

3. To the lecturers of the English Diploma Program for Tourism Subject

The lecturers should not only give the students theories and class

practices, but also field practices.

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