Sports Teacher Perception about Lake Sipin Sport Tourism Area in Jambi City

Purpose: This study aims to determine the perception of sports teachers about the Sipin Lake area which is used as Sport Tourism in Jambi City. Because making an object in an area that can be used as a sports area and a place of tourism can boost various fields, like in the field of sports, tourism, and education. Methodology: Using Mixed Methods. Where, the number of samples in this study was as many as 108 teachers who were around the area of Lake Sipin Sport Tourism in Jambi City using the Purposive Sampling technique. The instruments used were teacher perception questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Data were then analyzed with the help of the SPSS 21 application to find descriptive statistics in the form of Mean, Min, Max, and category, and use interviews and documentation to strengthen the quantitative data that have been obtained through the questionnaire provided. Findings: The results of this study found that teachers have good perception, which is indicated by a dominant good result of 68.2% teachers, according to them by making Lake Sipin a Sport Tourism area will make students motivated to become rowing athletes who can make the school name even the region. Contribution and Recommendation: This research contributes to all elements, both sports, tourism, and education, by making the Sipin Lake object as sport tourism.