Pematang Johar Village As Culture-Based Tourism in Deli Serdang Regency Tri Nur Putri, Hidayat, Ratih Baiduri
Universitas Negeri Medan.
Abstract
The village for city people is still a quiet and safe area. The village is used as a vacation spot from the fatigue of activities in the city. The village is a means for urban people who want to take a vacation and enjoy the beauty of nature and is different from activities in the city. Pematang Johar Village is an interesting village because it has its own natural beauty. Pematang Johar Village still has a green area filled with rice fields and lots of trees even though it is right next to the factory area known as the Medan Industrial Area (KIM). This is an attraction for researchers to conduct deeper research using qualitative research methods with an ethnographic approach so that they can describe the condition of Pematang Johar Village more broadly. The purpose of this research is to find out how the developments made by the local community and the government to manage the village of Pematang Johar to become a tourism village. Not only as a tourist area, Pematanag Johar Village is also an educational facility by providing a place to learn batik and recycling management that is utilized by the local community. Cooperation between the community and the local government is a support for maintaining and developing the village of Pematang Johar.
