Ninth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies

Abstract

This research evaluates the implementation of heritage trail’s activity within historical area of Parakan, Central Java, Indonesia. Parakan has been designated as a heritage city since 2015 by central government of Indonesia. The uniqueness of the character and pluralism of the people, socio-culture, architecture, and food has made this city special. There are at least three different socio-culture that has been merged in decades, they are the native community called Kauman’s people, the Chinese immigrant called Pecinan’s people and Colonial people from Dutch era. The method of the research was a quantitative method using questionnaires which have been delivered to 100 respondents digitally (using gform). The collective data have been analyzed using statistical graphics and narrative explanation to describe the results. The results show the implementation of the activity of heritage trail in Parakan.