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4. Making coordination with other Entertaiment Places
One of the four factors of potential tourism destination is the amenities. Amenities are facilities that people can have. For that reason
DISBUDPAR makes coordination with hotels, motels, home stays, restaurant, pubs and other entertainment places and also travel agent. This
step has objectives to make accommodation available for tourists and visitors, so they will stay longer in Karanganyar, because they feel comfortable and
satisfied.
D. Problems of DISBUDPAR in Promoting and Developing
Karanganyar Tourism
In promoting activities, DISBUDPAR faces some difficulties. The problems are divided into two, there are internal problems and external
problems. The Internal problems are related to budget, limited equipment and limited information for the foreign tourists. On the other hand, external
problem is the small number of foreign tourist ’s visits.
1. Internal problem
a. Problems related to budget
Fund is very important for DISBUDPAR Karanganyar to support their activities. In all marketing program DISBUDPAR Karanganyar requires extra
expenses to finance. Definitely, the local government always considers the tourism field by giving adequate fund through DISBUDPAR Karanganyar.
However, the fund is very important to support their activities because there are many programs and they need more fund. Obviously, the marketing
promotion always need more fund but they always find the difficulties because of the rule of the government. Some events are canceled due to the
situation.
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b. Limited equipment
The situation needs sophisticated equipment, for example computer. In fact, nowadays the equipment has not fulfilled the expectation. Some of the
electronic tools are damage and some of the tools have not good quality. c.
Limited information to foreign tourists The visitors did not only come from the domestic region, but also
from foreign countries. It is sure that the staff in the tourist attraction and in DISBUDPAR have to be fluent in foreign language especially English. In
fact, there are several employees who are not fluent in foreign language. As we know information staff is the main communicator for the visitors in each
of the tourist attraction. Hospitality and good communication is needed in giving good service. On the other hand, there are still some weaknesses in the
operation staff to have communication with the foreign tourists. The effect is that the purpose of tourism is not successfully given to the visitors. Tourists
will feel unsatisfied with the service given by DISBUDPAR Karanganyar. 2.
External problem a.
Small number of visit of foreign tourist Although Karanganyar surrounded by several cities, it can not be
denied that only a few number of foreign tourists who know about the existence of the city. In addition, there are only a few Karanganyar tourism
attractions, which are known by the other countries. This is a big problem to DISBUDPAR Karanganyar because it can influence the regional income.
E. Solutions of DISBUDPAR in Promoting and Developing
