NARRATIVE RELIEFS OF BOROBUDUR AS THEMES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST TRAVEL PATTERN ON BOROBUDUR AREA

Hari Setyawan

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Abstract: Borobudur Temple Compounds is The World Cultural Heritage as designated by UNESCO with serial number 592 in 1991 is not a single monument. Borobudur as World Heritage consists of Three Temple, Borobudur, Pawon, and Mendut which in one imaginary line. This heritage also including the cultural landscape on its surrounding area. This paper will discuss the development of the tourist travel pattern using the theme of Borobudur narrative relief, especially on villages in the Borobudur area. The aims is to spread tourist visitation not only in Borobudur Temple, therefore the condition of the monument which was built around the VIII century AD can last for a longer time. Various patterns of tourist visits or travel pattern to villages around Borobudur Temple can be developed based on the themes of narratives temple reliefs. There are 1460 panel of relief on Borobudur Temple that can be developed as a narrative. With the condition of the natural environment that is still sustainable along with rural traditional life, the theme of the story from the reliefs can be represented in the pattern of tourist visitation. There are several themes of narrative reliefs that have been developed as a travel pattern, including culture, agriculture, culinary, romance stories, transportation, history, natural landscapes, etc. The development of a pattern of cultural and natural tourism based on the narrative reliefs of Borobudur Temple also aims are improving the welfare of the community in the Borobudur area, where previously the income was only centered on the tourism manager at the Borobudur Temple. This is also in line with the government's program to improve the quality of visitation to Borobudur Temple, which can be done by maintaining the carrying capacity of the temple and spreading visits to nature and cultural-based tourist attractions in the Borobudur area.

Keywords: Borobudur Temple; Borobudur area; narrative reliefs; travel pattern.


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