Brief Description of Lau Kawar

17 Based on the data given above, it is clearly seen that Karo Regency has big potentials as tourism. Based on data given by the destination at Berastagi Cultural and Tourism Department, there are five destination namely Gundaling, Sibayak MountLau Debuk-debuk, Mejuah-juah Garden, and the last Lau KawarSinabung Mount.

3.2 Brief Description of Lau Kawar

Lau Kawar is a lake beside Sinabung Mount and it’s located at Kuta Gugung village, Naman teran sub-district, Karo Regency of North Sumatera. Its temperature is cold because it is beside Sinabung Mount. This lake is flanked by Deleng Lancuk Resort and Sinabung Mount. The large of Lau Kawar is about 16 Ha and recent added a little after dam is made for this lake. The volume water of Lau Kawar is about 41.5 million m 3 . From data is taken, the writer which is straight out from its dam about 25.8 m 3 per second. If the water in the lake always straight out, it will can make its water change more fresh. Field which is located north of Lau Kawar is undisturbed forest and south side of Lau Kawar is farm ground with low intensity. The majority population which dwelling is Karo ethnic. Their livelihood is the most as farmer. They plant crops, such as chili, corn, orange, fresh vegetable, etc. We can see the potential of Lau Kawar as tourism resort by data of visitor which is taken from Berastagi Cultural and Tourism Department. The data is taken from 2010 until April 2013. Table 5 Visitation of tourists to Lau Kawar in 2010 8QLYHUVLWDV6 XPDWHUD8WDUD 18 No Month Tourist 1 January 1.129 2 February 1.337 3 March 1.325 4 April 1.337 5 May 1.323 6 June 1.006 7 July 670 8 August 1.536 9 September 10 October 11 November 12 December 672 Source : The Cultural and Tourism Department of Karo Regency Note : the total of tourist is accounted by sum of payment of destination ticket it is estimated about thirty percent who visit without destination ticket. Table 6 Visitation of tourists to Lau Kawar in 2011 No Month Tourist 1 January 350 2 February 670 3 March 688 4 April 840 5 May 810 6 June 400 7 July 500 8 August 400 9 September 1.700 10 October 829 11 November 640 12 December 2.668 Source : The Cultural and Tourism Department of Karo Regency Note : the total of tourist is accounted by sum of payment of destination ticket it is estimated about thirty percent who visit without destination ticket. 8QLYHUVLWDV6 XPDWHUD8WDUD 19 Table 7 Visitation of tourists to Lau Kawar in 2012 No Month Tourist 1 January 1.401 2 February 800 3 March 1.107 4 April 2.000 5 May 1.308 6 June 1.139 7 July 1.416 8 August 1.835 9 September 1.195 10 October 1.730 11 November 807 12 December 645 Source : The Cultural and Tourism Department of Karo Regency Note : the total of tourist is accounted by sum of payment of destination ticket it is estimated about thirty percent who visit without destination ticket. Table 8 Visitation of tourists to Lau Kawar in January until April 2013 No Month Tourist 1 January 2.875 2 February 1.245 3 March 1.348 4 April 1.881 Source : The Cultural and Tourism Department of Karo Regency Note : the total of tourist is accounted by sum of payment of destination ticket it is estimated about thirty percent who visit without destination ticket. 8QLYHUVLWDV6 XPDWHUD8WDUD 20 From those data above, we can see clearly that Lau Kawar Lake has the potential as tourism resorts. Therefore it should be enhanced for development of destination.

3.3 The Potentials of Lau Kawar as Tourism Resorts