Abstract

The implementation of tourism activities not only has a purpose for traveling or entertainment. In education, tourism can have a function as a learning activity carried out by someone in their visit to a tourist attraction location. This study aims to determine the effect of organizing an art education tour on the interest in learning art for high school students. This study uses a quantitative research approach with a sample of 84 students who took part in an art education tourism program held at UPI (Indonesian University of Education). This study took a sample using total sampling techniques in which all respondents were taken into consideration the analysis of research data. Data collection used in this study is to use a closed questionnaire in the form of a scale. Research data analysis uses simple regression test data analysis techniques to find out whether there is an influence of art education tourism activities on high school students’ interest in learning art at school. The results of the study can be concluded that educational tours have an influence on high school students’ interest in learning art; this is indicated from the results of the coefficient of determination (R Square) of 0.479, which implies that the influence of educational programs on the dependent variable (interest in learning art) is 47.9%. The results of the analysis show how much the independent variable (X) can affect the dependent variable (Y). 

Highlights

  • Rencana Kerja Pemerintah (RKP) or the Government Plan year 2018, encourages development with a focus on three priority sectors whose roles will be enhanced for growth and job creation, namely the processing industry, agriculture, and tourism

  • Edu-Tourism or educational tourism is intended as a program where participants in tourism activities take a tour of a certain place in a group to gain learning experiences directly related to the location visited

  • Students are given in-depth and additional material not found in school by seeing the various performances and art workshops displayed in the implementation of the art education tourism program at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI)

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Introduction

Rencana Kerja Pemerintah (RKP) or the Government Plan year 2018, encourages development with a focus on three priority sectors whose roles will be enhanced for growth and job creation, namely the processing industry, agriculture, and tourism. As one of the priorities, the tourism sector needs to be seriously developed so that it can have a significant impact on the economy for the actors in it. Several types of work fields in the tourism sector include nature tourism, cultural tourism, historical tourism, educational tourism, agricultural tourism, religious tourism, marine tourism, and culinary tourism. Edu-Tourism or educational tourism is intended as a program where participants in tourism activities take a tour of a certain place in a group to gain learning experiences directly related to the location visited. The definition of educational tourism is a program that combines elements of tourism activities with educational content in it.

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