Abstract
The coal mine closures have turned Sawahlunto into an idle city. By integrating the post-mining sites landscape and the Dutch colonial architecture heritage, Sawahlunto becomes a city of a kind. Therefore, the local government and the legislature (DPRD) as well as other stakeholders created a vision for Sawahlunto as a “A Cultural Tourism Mining City” in 2020, set in Local Government Regulation (PERDA) No 2 of 2001. The year 2020 was set as a target to motivate the local government and stakeholders to achieve the vision. As a matter of fact, Sawahlunto has been included as a World Heritage site by UNESCO as of 2019. This research aims to understand the role of stakeholders in developing and rebranding Sawahlunto, by using the Pentahelix model. This research uses a qualitative method along with the case study approach as well as utilizing interviews, observations and archival study as the types of research methodology. Finally, the result of this research shows that the stakeholders carry out their roles well and fully support the vision of Sawahlunto city.
Highlights
The implementation of regional autonomy in Indonesia provides the opportunities to significantly optimize the development and management of the cities and regions based on their potential
Each stakeholder has to adopt the Pentahelix elements where each has role as follows: Government The entry to regional autonomy regulations based on UU no. 22 of 1999 about the local government became the first milestone of the Sawahlunto revolution as the tourism city (Presiden Republik Indonesia, 1999)
From the local government side, the commitment to plan the new vision of Cultural Tourism Mining City as the new identity of Sawahlunto was regulated in the Local Government Regulation (PERDA) no. 2 of 2010 on the vision and mission of the city
Summary
The implementation of regional autonomy in Indonesia provides the opportunities to significantly optimize the development and management of the cities and regions based on their potential. The delegation of authority from central government to regional government in order to regulate the development of its region, creates opportunities to optimize the local culture based on the quality and uniqueness of each region. This momentum was seized well by the local government of Sawahlunto to create a breakthrough for the city that had experienced a decline in economic growth due to the decrease of coal production, which had already become a backbone of the Local Own Source-Revenue (PAD) ever since. The invention of the steam engine led to the drastically increased demand https://jbhost.org/
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