Potential Resources of Tongging as a tourism object

POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TONGGING TONGGING AS A
TOURISM OBJECT

A PAPER
WRITTEN BY
AYU VINENSYA PAKPAHAN
REG.NO : 142202029

DIPLOMA-III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN
JULY 2017

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I am, AYU VINENSYA PAKPAHAN, declare that I am the solo author of this
paper. Except where references is made in the text of this paper, this paper
contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a

paper by which I have qualitified for or awarded another degree.

No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main
text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of another
degree in any tertiary education.

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Title of this Paper


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POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TONGGING AS A TOURISM OBJECT
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ABSTRACT
This paper entitled “Potential Resources of Tongging as a tourisn object”
discusses about the potensial resources in Tongging as a tourism object.Tongging
is a village in Merek Region and previous known as a beautiful destination
because of the beautiful nature view from the hills. Tongging is surrounded by
hills and mountains. Then, acordance with the title of this paper, where the subject
matter of the writting is the potential resourses in Tongging. Now, Tongging's
became a neglected tourism destination, there are some problems that cause it.
However, there are many potentials can be develop in Tongging. Data is taken
from some information of internet and informansfrom field research as well as

evidence of discoveries and manufacture the contents of this paper.

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ABSTRAK
Makalah ini berjudul "Potential Resources of Tongging as a tourism object"
membahas tentang sumber daya yang potensial di Tongging sebagai obyek wisata.
Tongging adalah sebuah desa di Kawasan Merek dan sebelumnya dikenal sebagai
tujuan wisata yang indah karena pemandangan alamnya yang indah dari
perbukitan. Tongging dikelilingi oleh perbukitan dan pegunungan. Jadi, sesuai
dengan judul kertas karya ini, maka yang menjadi bahan pokok penulisan adalah
potensi wisata di Tongging. Kini, performa Tongging telah menurun sebagai
tujuan wisata, ada beberapa masalah yang menyebabkannya. Namun, masih
banyak potensi yang bisa dikembangkan di Tongging. Pengambilan datadiambil
dari beberapa informasi internet dan informan dari penelitian lapangan sebagai
bukti penemuan dan pembuatan isi kertas karya ini.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


First of all, I would like to say thank to Jesus Christ for all the blessing and
spirit that He give to me, so I can finish this paper as one of the requiremen to get
Diploma III certificate from English Diploma Study Program, University of
Sumatera Utara.

1.

Thank you to Dr. Drs. Budi Agustono, MS. as the Dean of Faculty of
Cultural Studies.

2.

Thank you to Dra. Swesena Lubis M.Humas the Head of English Diploma
Study Program and also my reader, who gives me advices to finish this
paper.

3.

Thank you to Dr. Ridwan Hanafiah M.A as my Supervisor, who gives me

corrections and advices to finish this paper.

4.

Special thanks go to my parents, T. Pakpahan and E. Situmorang for loving,
praying, supporting and believing in me.

5.

Thanks to my beloved Sister and brother Wulan pakpahan, Putri Pakpahan,
Sanju Pakpahan and Muckhtar Pakpahan, for all the supports, happiness,
and pray to me.

6.

My beloved cell group, Adven Sibarani, Astri Lubis, Henri Pasaribu and
Tumiar Lubis thanks for praying and supporting until now.

7.


Thanks to my dear best friends Anjelita Lubis, Irdana Sianturi and Agnes
Manurung for all the supports, cares and prayer.

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8.

Thanks for my friends, Gretia Purba and Indah Nababanfor your supports,
advices and happiness, especially when we doing paper together.
And finally, I relize that this paper is far from being perfect, I hope that

those ho read this paper may give critics and suggestions for making it better.

Medan,Tuesday July, 2017

The Writer,

Ayu Vinensya Pakpahan
Reg. No. 142202029


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION.............................................................
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION .........................................................
ABSTRACT ...........................................................................................
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS......................................................................

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1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4

1.5
1.6

INTRODUCTIONS ...................................................................
The Background of the Study .....................................................
The Problem of the Study ...........................................................
The Scope of the Study ...............................................................
The Reason for Choosing ThIS Topic ........................................
The Purpose of the Study ............................................................
The Method of the Study ............................................................

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2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5

THE REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
The meaning of Tourism and Tourist ..........................................
Types of Tourism ........................................................................
The diferences of Tourism object and Tourism attraction ..........
The Role of Tourism Object........................................................
Brief Description of Tongging ....................................................

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POTENTIAL OF TONGGING ...............................................

The Potential of Tongging...........................................................
3.1.1 Nature Resourses...................................................................
3.1.2 Social Resources ...................................................................
3.1.3 The Culture or Traditions ......................................................
3.1.4 The Transportation and Facilities in Tongging .....................
3.2
The Strategy to Develop Tongging as a Tourism Object ............

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4.1
4.2

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ....................................
Conclusion ...................................................................................
Sugestion .....................................................................................

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REFERENCES ......................................................................................
APPENDICES .......................................................................................

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3.1

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