Authors : Luqman Khakim, Mustika Widowati, Iwan Hermawan, Eka Murtiasri and Winarto
Abstract: Sangiran is famous with its historic relics of ancient civilizations. In 2010, Sangiran improved its infrastructure including theater, mini tours and ecotourism products surrounding communities. Tourists motives thrive in visiting this attraction. Direction of this research is to find out the motives of tourists visiting the ancient travel in Sangiran. Observations made reference to the perspective of 100 respondents who are domestic and foreign tourists. Factor analysis as a quantitative approach in this study enabled to map the motivation of tourists visiting archaeological tour in Sangiran. The empirical results found that there are two factors of motivation in the form of tourists visiting Sangiran to get edutainment and motivation to enjoy the countryside.
Luqman Khakim, Mustika Widowati, Iwan Hermawan, Eka Murtiasri and Winarto , 2016. Motivation to Visit a Destination: Tourists’ Perspective on Museum Manusia Purba Sangiran Indonesia. The Social Sciences, 11: 4384-4387.