Heritage as Tourism Potencies on the Riverbanks of Banjarmasin City

Abstract

Banjarmasin has been declared as one of 10 (ten) Indonesia's heritage cities pilot project. Compared to other cities, the 102 rivers that flow along Banjarmasin form a unique character of the city. Since long time ago, the expansion of power, religion, culture, and trading related to these rivers. Therefore, the settlements and its activities are always close to the rivers, so that many heritage sites are on the banks of the river. Heritage sites, traditional buildings, culinary and community activities on the river banks can be considered as potencies of the heritage tourist attraction. At the moment, the area is accessible by public transportation mode. However, to create the atmosphere of the river city and to prevent the extinction of river transportation as well as to create the visitor interaction with the river community, Banjarmasin needs a stronger connection between heritage sites and the character of the river city. This research focused on exploring the potencies of heritage tourism in Banjarmasin both tangible and intangible, in the riverside. To explore the history and culture of Banjarmasin use field observation and literature study. The results show that Banjarmasin has a variety of tangible and intangible’s heritage potentials that can be developed into river heritage tourism Keywords— Heritage tourism, River Tourism, Urban Heritage, Banjarmasin