Cirebon Culinary Travel Pattern

Abstract

: Cirebon area is one of the regions in West Java Province that has a variety of tourism potentials. Supported by a strategic location and good access, Cirebon become a new tourism development area in West Java Province. As one of the regions that has potential in the tourism sector, especially culinary tourism, Cirebon area should have a travel pattern of culinary tourism. The purpose of this research is to identify the actual condition of culinary and tourist attractions, and also to measure the time required for traveling in Cirebon area. We are using a qualitative method and observation, interview, and literature review as data collection techniques. The results of this research are Cirebon area has a lot of variety of places that are very interesting for tourists to visit. As for the conditions of travel time needed by tourists during the visit, it is considered quite good, where the distance between the culinary attraction locations are close to each other and this thing is one of the most important key factors. In conclusion, we create a Cirebon culinary travel pattern, which can be used as a reference for making tour packages and is expected to be useful for the regional government and all related tourism stakeholders in Cirebon area and West Java Province.