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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
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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.
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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.
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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