The Development of Creative Tourism Villages in Aceh, Indonesia

Keywords

Aceh; halal tourism; creative village; Gampong Nusa; Gampong Lamteuba.

Abstract

Tourism is an important sector in increasing a nations foreign exchange income, especially for local government revenue, in regions with a tourism industry. Aceh’s provincial government is working continuously to optimize its nature tourism potential. Aceh Besar regency is a region with tremendous potential in the tourism sector. Aceh Besar has determined villages deemed to be tourism hotspots in an effort to increase tourist visits. Notable among of those villages are GampongLamteuba and Gampong Nusa. Utilizing the local wisdom and waste management, the locals not only developing a tourism spot but also turning waste into crafts with economic value. Same goes with GampongLateumba which has successfully turned a desctructive cannabis farm into a turmeric crop that is sought after by the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry. Moreover, the tourism concept in these two villages is halal tourism, which goes along with the local culture in a region often referred to as ‘veranda of mecca’

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rosmery
AU  - Arwina Sufika
PY  - 2019/06
DA  - 2019/06
TI  - The Development of Creative Tourism Villages in Aceh, Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar on Tourism (ISOT 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 274
EP  - 277
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125909397
ID  - 2019/06
ER  -