Gastronomy Tourism in Danau Toba, Samosir Regency

Riadi Darwis, Vyana Lohjiwa, Endah Trihayuningtyas, Tatang Sophian, Renalmon Hutahahean

2019

Abstract

Danau Toba is one of the five Super Priority Destinations. The issue of this study is gastronomic tourism and Muslim travelers. Gastronomic tourism can be an alternative tourism to natural attractions. When visiting Danau Toba it is not easy for tourists to find Muslim-friendly restaurants, therefore the issue becomes one of the concerns of the government due to the facts that most tourists are Muslims from neighgouring countries, like Malaysia and Singapore. The research used indepth interview techniques to pentahelix stakeholders namely; Academician, Business, Government, Community, and Media (ABGCM) regarding the food that represent Danau Toba. The findings indicate that there are seven foodies culture from Danau Toba that represent its gastronomy tourism. This study has a high originality by the reasons that when other studies are only identify and inventory the food items, this study include discussions on the complexity of food that correspond to three gastronomy indicators.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Darwis R., Lohjiwa V., Trihayuningtyas E., Sophian T. and Hutahahean R. (2019). Gastronomy Tourism in Danau Toba, Samosir Regency. In Proceedings of the 1st NHI Tourism Forum - Volume 1: NTF, ISBN 978-989-758-495-4, pages 123-134. DOI: 10.5220/0009882701230134

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ntf19,
author={Riadi Darwis and Vyana Lohjiwa and Endah Trihayuningtyas and Tatang Sophian and Renalmon Hutahahean},
title={Gastronomy Tourism in Danau Toba, Samosir Regency},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st NHI Tourism Forum - Volume 1: NTF,},
year={2019},
pages={123-134},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009882701230134},
isbn={978-989-758-495-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st NHI Tourism Forum - Volume 1: NTF,
TI - Gastronomy Tourism in Danau Toba, Samosir Regency
SN - 978-989-758-495-4
AU - Darwis R.
AU - Lohjiwa V.
AU - Trihayuningtyas E.
AU - Sophian T.
AU - Hutahahean R.
PY - 2019
SP - 123
EP - 134
DO - 10.5220/0009882701230134