Menghidupkan Storynomic Tourism: Mempromosikan Kuliner Ponorogo Melalui Penulisan Feature

Abstract

By taking into account the COVID-19 pandemic situation, which has a very significant impact on the education, economy, and tourism sectors, the Community Service Team of the English Studies Program, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada designed a series of training programs on feature writing focusing on the theme of Ponorogo unique culinary. The series of activities carried out in a blended learning method (online and offline) were intended for Class X students of SMAN I Babadan, Ponorogo, East Java. The activities were designed to improve the students’ writing and soft-skills, and to promote Ponorogo culinary tourism by applying a narrative-based tourism approach or creative content, which is also known as storynomic tourism. The team facilitated a series of training sessions on writing popular articles, assisted the students in conducting direct observations and interviews with the local culinary entrepreneurs, and assisted them in writing interesting features in either Indonesian or English. The output of the activity is a book entitled “Kumpulan Ulasan Kuliner Khas Ponorogo, Jawa Timur” published by the English Studies Program, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada.