Daftar Isi:
  • Tourism attraction is one of important factors in tourism development. Bidar Race is a tourism attraction in Palembang which has some potencies that are not developed well by government and visitors’ perception can be used as a guiding to make the development. This research was aimed to know visitors’ perception about Bidar Race as tourism attraction in Palembang and the problem faced by government in developing Bidar Race. Thirty visitors of Bidar Race and a government officer were participated as respondents in this research. The result showed that visitors have already satisfied with the attraction, transportation, facility and also infrastructure, while visitors unsatisfied with the hospitality of officer and society around the location of Bidar Race. While the problem faced by government in developing Bidar Race were the lack of Bidar Boat; the lack of society’s awareness to appreciate Bidar Race; the lack of written literature about Bidar Race; and the lack of promotion