Development Stage of Tourism Objects in Malang Regency, East Java

Abstract

Malang Regency has many tourism potentials such as natural attraction and cultural attraction. Tourism potentials need to be supported by facilities and infrastructure that are optimal for the development so that they can attract tourists. Some tourism objects in Malang Regency does not have complete facilities to support tourist. This study aims to determine the development stage of tourism objects and analyze the correlation between development stage of tourism objects with tourism organizer. Variables used in this research are the development stage of tourism objects and tourism organizer. The methods used are spatial descriptive analysis and chi-square statistical analysis. The results showed that the stage development of tourism objects in Malang Regency are dominated by the second stage of development (involvement) with natural attraction that tend to have a higher development stage than cultural attraction. Chi-square statistical test result showed that there is a significant correlation between development stage of tourism in Malang Regency with tourism organizer.