Abstract
Visitors’ number of Indonesian-tourism increases every year and impacts the sustainability of the tourism object. Borobudur Temple is one of the most popular tourist objects in Indonesia located in Magelang, Central Java. This research aims to assess the Borobudur temple tourist destination’s sustainability status and identify indicators that need improvement to increase its sustainability index. The data processing used the Rap-tourism with a Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) approach. The results show the sustainability index value is 69,84, categorize as moderate. The sustainability index was formed from four dimensions, the environmental dimension index 66,94; economic dimension index 72,62; sociocultural dimensions index 72,76; and institutional dimensions index 69,27. A recommendation was generated by an interview with tourism object management and then selected based on sensitive indicators of each dimension (highest RMS value). Selected recommendations are a rearrangement of plants, developing complaint handling services, constructing outbound rides and flying foxes, and promoting the complementary tourism and attractions at Borobudur Temple.
Highlights
Borobudur Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia and the most significant Buddhist monument globally, located in Magelang, Central Java
Being a place of worship for Buddhists and one of the world's seven wonders, Borobudur Temple has become the centre of attention of the world community in terms of tourism, archaeology, and knowledge
The negative impact is the disruption to the preservation of cultural tourism objects [2]
Summary
Borobudur Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia and the most significant Buddhist monument globally, located in Magelang, Central Java. Being a place of worship for Buddhists and one of the world's seven wonders, Borobudur Temple has become the centre of attention of the world community in terms of tourism, archaeology, and knowledge. Borobudur Temple was visited by 3.475.296 domestic tourists and 240.356 foreign tourists in 2019. The arrival of visitors has a positive and negative impact on the sustainability of Borobudur Cultural Tourism. Positive impacts are developing a business around tourism, promoting the local product, and increasing the surrounding community's income [1]. The negative impact is the disruption to the preservation of cultural tourism objects [2]
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