Perception and Participation of Community in Supporting Keraton Kesultanan Banten The Heritage City Program in Serang, Banten

Abstract

Keraton Kesultanan Banten area was once the center of Banten civilization. In addition, Serang City is one of the 15 cities listed that is in the process of preparing documents to participate in the heritage management and preservation program. This requires the community participation in supporting the sustainability of Keraton Kesultanan Banten area as a historical site of Banten Province. The purpose of this research are to obtain information on community perception and participation in the heritage city program to support the preservation of the historical landscape of Keraton Kesultanan Banten. This research uses descriptive qualitative and quantitative analysis methods with chi-square analysis test. The results of the chi-square analysis that has a relation between the characteristics of community respondents to the knowledge of the heritage city are gender and residence factors, while the factors of the relation between the characteristics of community respondents with community participations were the length of residence, gender, type of work, education, residence and age. Recommendations proposed to increase public knowledge about heritage city are socialization, publication, application creation and integration of the education curriculum. The efforts that are able to increase community participation in supporting the preservation of heritage cities are empowering religious tourism guides, empowering tourism stakeholders, providing homestays, providing traditional transportation, improving handicrafts and culinary specialties.