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4.5. Developing Touring Plan Alternatives with Interpretive Concept
There are three touring alternatives that are developed in this study by using the concept of developing interpretation track. The interpretation concept is
used here as the best way to communicate all the potential resources owned by Parangtritis Coastal Area to the visitors, through their first hand experiences with
objects, artifacts, landscapes, or sites they visit along the tracks. Those three touring alternatives are developed based on the same vision of interpretation that
is try to explore and communicate the resources with visual, natural, and cultural qualities within coastal area of Parangtritis. But each touring alternative is
developed with its own specific main theme based on that vision.
4.5.1. Touring Alternative 1
Alternative 1 is developed based on the main theme that Parangtritis Coastal Area is enriched with varied tourism resources and attractions, not just
because of its well known beach. The objective of this alternative is that the visitors can obtain the information about the varied tourism resources and
attractions within the area, as well as the knowledge of the values of the resources, besides the recreational experiences along the track.
The potential stops are determined with considering the potential area result from previous analysis together with the existing tourism objects. The very
high and high potential areas for tourism activities are prioritized to be potential stops along the track. The areas with medium potential quality also need to be
considered to be a potential stop, especially the ones with special resources, such as the hill foot area with good visibility to view the surrounding landscapes.
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Every stop along the track should have its own theme as well as objectives based on the values of the resources that are being interpreted. Those themes are
developed based on literature study from several sources, such as Masterplan of Tourism Objects in Parangtritis: Final Report Puspar UGM, 2000, previous
study of tourism in Parangtritis that is conducted by Ismoyo 1994, some previous study conducted by Tourism Research Center UGM 1998, and several
tourism brochures and leaflet about Parangtritis area. The detail information of interpretation in each stop is as shown in Table 11.
Table 11. Themes and Objectives for Each Stop along Touring alternative1
No. Potential Stops
Theme Objectives
At the end of the track the visitor will:
1. Syeh Bela Belu Grave A grave of a Majapahit nobleman who
also spread Isla religion in Parangtritis area. It is a spiritual tourism object
and a good view point in the hillside. Learn the historic footstep of Islam
spreading and the influence of Majapahit Kingdom in Parangtritis area, and also learn
the variety of landscapes by viewing them from the hillside.
2. Syeh Maulana
Maghribi Grave
A grave of a merchant from Arabic Country who also spread Islam in
Parangtritis area. It is also a spiritual tourism object and a good view point
in the hillside. Learn about one of the figures of the
spreader of Islam spreading in Parangtritis area, besides enjoying the good view from
the hillside.
3. Parang Wedang Hot Spring
A traditional public bathing spot that use the natural hot spring as the water
resource. Learn about the use of natural hot spring as
a traditional public bathing spot since hundred years ago.
4. Ki Ageng Selohening Grave
A grave of a nobleman from Majapahit Kingdom who is also
known as Budhist spreader in this area.
Get the ideas that there were also Budhist spreading in the area though it was not as
succeed as Islam spreading in the area. 5.
Dipokusumo Grave A grave that is used to be a villa of
Prince Dipokusumo, the third son of Prabu Brawijaya IV from Majapahit
Kingdom. Learn about the historic foot steps of the
Majapahit Kingdom within the Parangtritis Area.
a. Parangtritis Swimming Pool
A traditional bathing well that uses the natural well spring as the water
resource, which is believed found for the first time by Maulana Maghribi
when he try to find the water to wash himself before praying.
Learn about the natural well spring which also has cultural value as it was found by a
well known speader of Islam in this area. 6.
b. Panepen Cave A cave which was used by Pangeran
Diponegoro for one of his sacred meditation after his meditation in
Selarong Cave Feel the atmosphere of the place that was
ever used by one of Indonesian hero, Pangeran Diponegoro, for meditation in
between his fight against the colonist. 7. Panglima Sudirman
Monument A historic evidence of a historic route
of Panglima Sudirman on his gerilya movement to fight for Indonesia
freedom. Learn the route of gerilya movement of
Panglima Sudirman in one of its stops and learn the historic value of his heroic
fighting. 8. View Point from Hill
Side Tempat dengan pemandangan luas
dan indah ke arah pantai di sebelah selatan dari daerah perbukitan.
Mempelajari dan menikmati keindahan alam yang dimiliki oleh Kawasan
Parangtritis. 9. Dry Rice Field
Area of traditional rice field which only count on rainy season for
watering the the field. Learn about the traditional rice planting
system while enjoying the scenery of traditional rural environment.
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No. Potential Stops
Theme Objectives
At the end of the track the visitor will:
10. Parangendog Swimming
Pool Traditional swimming pool with
natural well spring. Learn the use of natural well spring as the
water resource of traditional public bathing pool since hundred years ago.
11. Parangtritis Beach
A beach with a wide open space and beautiful scenery combined with
Karsts Mountain scenery along from the east to the north side of the beach.
Learn the unique characteristics of the beach covered with black colored sand and
located side by side with the Karsts Mountain.
12. Parangkusumo Beach
A beach as a place of spiritual event and cultural ceremony of Labuhan, a
ritual devoting to the Southern Ocean, which closely related to the legend of
“Kanjeng Ratu Kidul”. Learn the spiritual values of the ritual
ceremony and feel how strong the legend is believed by many communities.
13. Cepuri Parangkusumo A place where Panembahan Senopati
met and made the agreement with Ratu Kidul in founding the empire of
Mataram. Learn the spiritual value and feel the
spiritual atmosphere of the place as part of Parangkusumo Beach as a whole as the
center of “Ratu Kidul” legend. 14. Sand
Dunes A unique natural phenomena in
tropical area like Indonesia, even it is the most unique phenomena in South
East Region. See and hear, as first hand experience, the
sands movement and learn how they eventually form the dunes in years and
move from one dunes to another because of the wind.
15. Marine and
Fishery Center
A place where many marine and fishery activities done, such as
fishermen sell their caught, selling many kinds of sea food, and many
others. Learn the traditional livelihood of marine
community and want to take a look around and buy some food that made from local sea
food.
16. Geospatial Laboratory
of Parangtritis This laboratorium record and doing
some research about many natural phenomena in coastal area, especially
in Parangtritis. Learn many natural phenomena; including
some disaster that may happen in coastal area.
17. Glinggangsari One of meditation place of Sunan
Kalijaga which becomes one of a spiritual place in Parangtritis.
Learn the foot steps of Sunan Kalijaga, in his journey spreading the Islam all over the
island, as a member of Wali Songo, the 9 sacred people who spread Islam religion in
Java Island.
18. River Ecosystem of
Opak River The river that flows directly to the sea
with typical vegetations of stream valley and sand mining activities.
Learn the river ecosystem and being aware the important values of this ecosystem that
could be damaged because of too many sand mining activities.
19. Paddy Field and Red
Onion Farming The irrigation rice field and red onion
farming which become the main agricultural activities of local people
in this area. Learn and feel the atmosphere of traditional
rural livelihood based on agricultural living.
All those potential stops are then linked with certain sequence to create a potential tourism track. Based on the already defined theme and objective of this
tourism touring alternative, a track is developed that link one potential stop to the others in one big loop simultaneously, which starts from the location of the
existing entrance of Parangtritis Area and end in the same location. The layout of this touring alternative can be seen in Figure 33, while Figure 34 shows the
pictures of each potential stops.
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Figure 33. The Layout of Touring alternative 1
LEGEND:
StartEnd Point 1. Syeh Bela Belu Grave
2. Maulana Maghribi Grave 3. Parang Wedang Hot Spring
4. Ki Ageng Selohening Grave 5. Dipokusumo Grave
6. Parangtritis Swimming Pool and
Panepen Cave 7. Panglima Sudirman Monument
8. Viewing Point 9. Dry Rice Field
10. Parangendog Swimming Pool 11. Parangtritis Beach
12. Parangkusumo Beach 13. Cepuri Parangkusumo
14. Sand Dunes 15. Marine and Fishery Center
16. Geospatial Lab. of Parangtritis 17. Glinggang Sari
18. River Ecosystem 19. Paddy Field and Red Onion Farming
TOURING PLAN IN PARANGTRITIS
COASTAL AREA
Alternative 1
Gunung Kidul Regency
Indian Ocean
Donotirto Village
Tirtohargo Village
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1 2
3 4
5 6a
6b 7
8 9
10 11
12 13
14 15
16 17
18 19
Figure 34. Number of Potential Stops along the Touring alternative 1
4.5.2. Touring alternative 2
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