Exploring Identity's Aspect of Continuity of Urban Heritage Tourism

Published Date
22 August 2015, Vol.202:234–241, doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.08.227
ASLI QoL2014 (Annual Serial Landmark International Conference on Quality of Life) / AQoL 2014 Istanbul (ABRA International Conference on Quality of Life), Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 26 - 28 December 2014
Open Access, Creative Commons license

Author 

Nurlisa Ginting ^a,,

Julaihi Wahid ^b

aDepartment of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering,University of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia

bSchool of Housing Building and Planning,University of Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Available online 14 September 2015. 

Abstract

Continuity is one important aspect forming identity of a place. This research aims to investigate the influence of continuity in one of the historic corridors of Medan city. It uses three indicators; values, nostalgia, and familiarity. The uniqueness of research area has become an important tourism attraction that generating tourist's quality of life. This research uses mix method, and it shows that the physical aspect; the existence of heritage buildings, the past story is the largest aspect shaping identity. Unfortunately, aspect of familiarity is weak yet majority respondents had a desire to visit this place again in the future.

Keywords

Heritage tourism

place identity

continuity

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