CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Background of the Study Indonesia is
the biggest archipelago
in the world
by total islands
about 17.508. It
has five big
islands and thirty
little islands group.
Its country stretches out
from west to
east which is
passed equator line
so that Indonesia
has tropical climate.
The Tropical climate
however makes Indonesia
has the good
jungles with many
variety of flora
and fauna. Not
only as an
archipelago country, Indonesia
is also famous
as maritime country
which separates one island to
another island. As maritime country,
Indonesia has sea
about 2/3 from
island. Beside that,
scene of undersea is one the aim visitors to come
and joy as some good coral reefs such
as in Raja
Ampat, Papua. The
Uniqueness in Indonesia
is the diversity
of its ethnics, culture and
language but all of
them can be
united by Indonesia Language.
It seem that Indonesia has many
potential s as destination of tourism.
Spillane (1982;20)
said that “ tourism is
an activity to
make a travelling
so that getting
enjoy, looking for
pleasure, knowing something,
improve he althy, jogging
or taking a
rest, doing assignment,
pilgrimages, etc. it is ally
done at someplace as called destination. Some place which can b e
said as destinations must be
has five indicated
that comprised :
10 Attraction, 2)
Facility, 3) Infrastructure, 4) Transportation, 5) Hospitality”.
Increasing the
tourism in some
destination gives many
advantages economy, social,
and culture of the society. But if the growing not b e
prepared and produced as well as, it
will affect the problems
which will make difficult even harm.
To guarantee
in order to the tourism
can increase and
come in advantages
and minimize disadvantages. The
increasing of tourism
should be begun
by the hard study and the research for all
support resource.
North Sumatera
is one province
in Indonesia with
has big potential
of tourism. The
Capital of North
Sumatera is Medan.
Medan is one
big city of Indonesia beside
Jakarta and Surabaya.
Medan also has
so many historical
places, such as
Maimoon Palace and
Grand Mosque AL- Mashun.
There are twenty
five regencies at North Sumatera. One of them
is Karo Regency Today, the interesting
destination to visit
should has some
activities which can
make tourists happy
or satisfied. Some
activities should give
some memorable experience
or even the
unforgettable one. Karo
Regency is one
of tourism destination
in North Sumatera, Indonesia 1.2 The Problem of the Study Based on the
background has been explained so that
the pro blem of this study are
: What
the potentials does Lau Kawar have as Tourism
Resorts?
What the strategies needed Lau
Kawar to be a famous Tourism Resort? 1.3 The Scope of the study The
scope of this study has an important role in
the writing of this paper. It is used
to limit the
problem therefore the
topic in thi s
paper is more
focused. The wri ter just focused this paper on describing the potentials of Lau Kawar as Tourism Resort and the way to increase its potential.
1.4 The Method of the Study Library Research Library research
is the way to get
information by collecting
some books that relevant to the theme.
Field
Research This paper is
also used field research to find real data. Field research can be an extraordinary exciting
and rewarding experience
leading to important
discoveries and breakthrough
ideas. The writer
also took some
pictures by photographing
to support from interviewing.
1.5 The Reason for Choosing This
Topic The reason why
the writer choosing
this topic is
that, this topic
is exciting and has
not been written by
anyone in English Program Studies,
Faculty of Culture Study,
Unversity of Sumatera
Utara. This topic
makes the writer
feel interested to discuss it.
1.6 The Purpose of the Study The
purpose of this study is : To show the reader about the potentials of Lau Kawar as tourism resorts To introduce
Lau Kawar as one Tourism
Resorts in Karo Regency
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