General Description of DIPARSENIBUD

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CHAPTER III DISCUSSION

A. General Description of DIPARSENIBUD

1. History The Surakarta government has several institutions in turn to manage their city in many different sectors. The sector which is considered to give a big influence in regional income is tourism sector. Then the Surakarta government certainly needs a state institution to handle tourism matter. That’s why, in 1985 Dinas Pariwisata DIPARTA of Surakarta city was established. It was established after the Mayor of Surakarta city issued the decree of no. 29 HK 05 PHG 79 to develop tourism in Surakarta city. Based on the decree of no.22 1999 about territorial administration and Peraturan :Pemerintah PP no.84 2000 about the regional staff rules, the Mayor of Surakarta city changed the name of Dinas Pariwisata DIPARTA of Surakarta city into Dinas Pariwisata Seni dan Budaya DIPARSENIBUD of Surakarta city. 2. The location The location of DIPARSENIBUID Surakarta is between Graha Wisata Niaga hall and Radya Pustaka museum. It lies at Slame Riyadi street 275 Surakarta. 3. Vision and Mission of DIPARSENIBUD The Vision and Mission of DIPARSENIBUD Surakarta are as follows: xxiii a. Vision DIPARSENIBUD has vision to be the foremost and professional facilitator, in the framework of developing and establishing the tourism, art, and culture to make Surakarta city as a well-known tourism object of Indonesia in 2010. b. Mission The missions of DIPARSENIBUD are: 1 Encouraging the careness or attention, the social autonomy to increase the quality of local tourism development. 2 Implementing the relationship with the tourism practitioners and other stakeholders in the framework of tourism industrial product optimilization and quarrying the local art and culture potential. 3 Supplying the public service, oriented to the consumers and for the sake of tourism practitioners’ society. 4 Providing accurate information and managing the innovation in local industrial tourism marketing with the supply of qualified human resources. 4. Departments in DIPARSENIBUD In doing all of its duties, DIPARSENIBUD of Surakarta is supported by six departments; they are the Official Head, Administration department, Construction program department, Tourism Service department, Artistic and Cultural Tour Asset Control and Development department and Marketing department. xxiv a. The Official Head The main duty of the official head is to carry out the governmental affairs in the tourism, art, and culture sectors. Generally, he has several important works like to arrange the strategic planning, to formulate the technical policies, and to analyze the problem faced by this office. b. Administration Department This department consists of three sub divisions: sub-division of general affairs, sub-division of Human Resources, and Sub-Division of Finance. The main duty of this department is to undertake the general administration affairs, equipments, official house affairs, planning, and finance administration and staffs affairs. c. Construction program Department This department consists of two sub-divisions: planning Division and Audit, Evaluation, and Report Division. The main duty of this department is to make the strategic plan of this institution. d. Tourism Service Department This department consists of two sub-divisions: Tourism Accommodation Division and Recreation and Public Entertainment Division. The main duty of this department is to handle problems regarding to accommodation for tourist and also the recreation and public entertainment. e. Artistic and Cultural Tour Asset Control and Development Department This department also consists of two sub-divisions: Operation and Continuance of Cultural and Asset Development Section and Cultural and Artistic Asset xxv Development Section. The main duties of this department are to keep the heritage and tourism assets in Solo and also to develop the tourism assets in order to increase the number of tourists visiting Solo. f. Marketing Department This department also consists of two sub-divisions: tourist Promotion Division and Tourism Service and Information Division. Both of them have duties to control and to maintain the tourism promotion and information services. xxvi 5. Organizational Chart of DIPARSENIBUD Surakarta HEAD OF DIPARSENIBUD HEAD OF DIPARSENIBUD PUBLIC SUB UNIT OFFICER SUB UNITS FINANCE SUB UNITS FUNCTIONAL POSITION GROUP TOUR MEANS DEPARTEMENT ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL TOUR ASSET CONTROL AND DEVELOPMENT MARKETING DEPARTEMENT CONTRUCTION PROGRAM DEPARTEMENT PLANNING SECTION OPERATIONAL AND CONTINUATION OF CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC ASSET SECTION CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC ASSETSECTION TOUR PROMOTION SECTION TOURISM SERVICE AND INFORMATION SECTION TOUR ACCOMODATION SECTION PUBLIC AMUSEMENT AND RECREATION SECTION EVALUATION CONTROL AND REPORT SECTION xxvii

B. Description of Tourist Information Centre TIC