Open AccessLandscape planning of historical tourism route of Siak Sultanate in Siak Sri Indrapura, Riau
Author(s) -
M Z Islami,
- Nurhayati,
Afifah Zahra Gunawan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/879/1/012006
Subject(s) - tourism , geography , historical geography , originality , cultural heritage , regional science , archaeology , economic geography , human geography , anthropology , sociology , qualitative research
Siak Sri Indrapura City designates as the National Cultural Heritage regarding the Siak Sultanate Historic Area (1723-1945). Some heritages of Siak Sultanate have become historical tourism objects, but they cannot yet convey the Siak Sultanate history. Therefore, the historical tourism route plan is needed. This study aims to identify the use of historical landscapes in Siak Sri Indrapura; identifying historical tourism objects; analyze the potential of historical tourist objects, and; create a landscape plan for the historical tourism route of the Siak Sultanate. The analysis used in this study is the significance value of the historical landscape to assess the originality and uniqueness of the historic landscape, spatial analysis to obtain suitable land for historical tourism areas, and descriptive analysis to assess other aspects of the history of the Siak Sultanate. Part of the historical landscapes in Siak Sri Indrapura have become historical tourism areas, and there are 27 Siak Sultanate heritages found during the survey. Based on the analysis result, all the heritages and Siak Sri Indrapura areas are suitable to be developed into historical tourism areas. This research's output is the historical tourism route map and the estimated historical tourism activity table in the Siak Sultanate. The Siak Sultanate tourism area divides into four: The Beginning of Siak Sultanate, The Sultan's and Datuk Tomb, The Palace, and The Colonial. The separation of the area based on location considerations and historical links between historical sites. With the historical tourism route plan, tourists can quickly learn and understand each Siak Sultanate heritage objects' historical linkages.