RASIONALITAS WISATAWAN WISATA PILGRIM (STUDI FENOMENOLOGI TERHADAP WISATAWAN DI KAWASAN WISATA PILGRIM DESA GUNUNGPRING KECAMATAN MUNTILAN KABUPATEN MAGELANG)

Abstract

<p>Pilgrim tour is a religious tour or frequently called pilgrimage tour.<br />Pilgrimage tour is undertaken as the manifestation of action the visitors or the<br />tourists do. The objective of research was to find out the tourist type,<br />knowledge on pilgrimage tour, the factors encouraging and attracting the<br />tourists to undertake pilgrimage tour, and the tourists’ rationality action in<br />pilgrimage tour. The theory employed as the instrument of analysis was Max<br />Weber’s social action theory and Stephen Kalberg’s rationality type. <br />This study was taken place in pilgrimage tour area in Gunungpring,<br />Muntilan Subdistrict, Magelang Regency. The type of study was qualitative<br />with phenomenological strategy. The sampling technique used was accidental<br />sampling, while the data collection was conducted using direct observation<br />and in-depth interview methods. The data validation was carried out using data<br />triangulation technique and data analysis was conducted using data collection,<br />data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing. <br />The result of research showed that the pilgrimage tourists were divided<br />into two types: existential and recreational tourists. The tourists’ knowledge <br />on pilgrimage tour could be classified into two: modern pilgrimage and search<br />for pleasure. The factors encouraging and attracting the tourists to undertake <br />pilgrimage tour were: modern pilgrimage and search for pleasure. The factor<br />encouraging modern pilgrimage was self-fulfillment, while the attracting one <br />was culture. The factors encouraging the search for pleasure were social<br />interaction, educational opportunity, leisure activity, while the attracting one<br />was location climate. The tourists’ action and rationality in pilgrimage tour<br />included some action undertaken originating from traditional element, the<br />present, life ideology values, and psychological conditions affecting an<br />individual to perform pilgrimage tour, either pilgrimage or non-pilgrimage<br />actions. The tourists who had undertaken social action in pilgrimage tour, the<br />rationality would be apparent and contained the meaning in the visitors who<br />conducted a variety of activity in pilgrimage tour. The rationality existing in<br />pilgrimage tourists included practice rationality, theoretical rationality, and<br />substantive rationality.</p><p>Keywords: Pilgrimage tour, Tourists, Rationality.</p>