IJASTE – International Journal of Applied Sciences in Tourism and Events Vol.3 No.1 June 2019 24 SHARIA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN NATURAL RECREATION SITES OF BATU CITY, EAST JAVA Azzah Fauziyah Cholis1, Luchman Hakim2, Edriana Pangestuti3 1Master Program of Enviromental and Development Studies, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia 2Biology Departement, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia 3Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administrative Science, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia email: 1azzahbio@gmail.com, 2luchman@ub.ac.id, 3edriana_fia@ub.ac.id ABSTRACT Batu city has abundance natural recreation sites, in which many of them have been visited by tourists. With the recent development of sharia-based tourism industry, there are opportunities for Batu to develop sharia based tourism in Batu, especially in natural recreation sites. The purpose of this research is to identify the implementation of sharia value in natural recreatin sites and Sharia Tourism development strategy in the area of Natural Tourism Batu City. Data were obtained from questionnaires given to 84 respondents consisting of visitors, tourism employees, tour manager, and policymaker then being analyzed for the implementation of sharia tourism and strategy on the development of natural tourism. SWOT strategy was used to determine every aspect of tourism development (weight 0.00 to 1.00). The results of the analysis with SWOT quadrant shows that implementation most of it has been applied. While sharia development strategy in nature tourism of Batu city is at the quadrant I which is Aggressive strategy. The Alternative strategy that used is SO strategy (Strengths- Opportunities) which includes: (1) mproving the quality of service that will lead to the system of sharia tourism; (2) utilizing all resources as a attraction of sharia tourism; (3) involving all the stakeholders in cooperation planning and management of natural tourism principled sharia; and (4) improving foreign language skills to all employees and management of tourism. Keywords: Batu city, sharia tourism development strategy, natural recreation, SWOT. INTRODUCTION Sharia tourism is a tourism activity that emphasizes the material and methods of handling halal based on sharia (Hasan, 2017). The sharia principles applied in tourism originate from two sources namely Al-Qur'an (Muslim holy books) and As-Sunnah (Islamic teachings conveyed by the Prophet Muhammad) (Mohsin, et. al., 2016; El-Gohary, 2016). Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) has also issued a fatwa on the implementation of tourism based on sharia principles no: 108/DSN-MUI/IX/2016 (Hasan, 2017). The fatwa contains mailto:azzahbio@gmail.com mailto:luchman@ub.ac.id mailto:edriana_fia@ub.ac.id IJASTE – International Journal of Applied Sciences in Tourism and Events Vol.3 No.1 June 2019 25 about the implementation of sharia-compliant tours including, among others, tourists, travel agencies, tourism entrepreneurs, hotels, tour guides and therapists. Sharia tourism development aims to attract more foreign tourists from Muslim- populated countries such as Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Middle Eastern countries and other Islamic countries. In addition, it’s also to attract foreign investors to invest business in the new tourism sector in Indonesia and becoming the best sharia tourist destination in ASEAN (Firdausi, et. al., 2017). Batu City is located in east Java province is one of the tourist destinations because of the potential for a very beautiful nature and climate-owned because it is located in the foot of mountains and slopes (BPS Kota Batu, 2017). Based on its geographical aspects, Batu city benefited from the natural beauty of the surrounding area, the types of natural tourism that can be enjoyed in the form of waterfalls, adventure tours, natural hot spring tours, and ecotourism (Purnomowati and Ismini, 2014), in which many of them has been visited by tourist. This is evidenced by visits from year to year that are increasing, namely in 2015 as many as 2.249.201 visits, and in 2016 increased by 2.878.199 visits, in 2017 increased by 4. 188.910 visits (BPS Kota Batu 2016, BPS Kota Batu 2017, BPS Kota Batu 2018). With the recent development of sharia-based tourism industry, there are opportunities for Batu to develop sharia based tourism in Batu, especially in natural recreation sites. So, the purpose of this research is to identify the implementation of sharia value in natural recreatin sites and Sharia Tourism development strategy in the area of Natural Tourism Batu City. METHODS This research was carried out in the natural tourism area and the Batu City Tourism Office. Among these natural attractions are Coban Putri (waterfall tour), Coban Rais (ecotourism), Cangar Hot Water Bath (natural hot spring tour) and Banyak mountain paragliding (adventure tourism). The location of natural tourism is in the area of Batu City (Picture 1). IJASTE – International Journal of Applied Sciences in Tourism and Events Vol.3 No.1 June 2019 26 Table 1. Natural Attractions of Batu City Criteria Wisata Coban Putri Coban Rais Banyak Mountain Paradigling Cangar Hot Water Bath Type Waterfall Ecotourism Adventure Natural hot spring Location Tlekung Village, Junrejo District, Batu Oro-Oro Ombo Village, Batu Songgokerto Village, Batu Sumber brantas Village, Bumiaji District, Batu Atraction Waterfall, tracking/hiking, camping, outbound, tour of pickking oranges Waterfall, hicking/tracking, camping, playing ATV, outbound, archery and airgun Paradigling Natural hot spring Sources: Culture and Tourism Office. Figure 1. Map of Batu Municipality (BPS Batu, 2017) IJASTE – International Journal of Applied Sciences in Tourism and Events Vol.3 No.1 June 2019 27 This research was conducted in August 2018. The method used is field observation to observe directly the object under study use note, camera and recorder. Then the questionnaire was distributed to find out the implementation of sharia tourism in the area of natural tourism which includes 1) legal aspects of policy; (2) social aspects; (3) economic aspects; (4) environmental aspects; and (5) ecological aspects. Data were obtained from questionnaires given to 84 respondents consisting of visitors and tourism employees then being analyzed for the implementation of sharia tourism. The questionnaire results were processed using a Likert scale using the scores that have been determined as follows (Hakim, 2014): Score 1 = Very Unavailable Score 2 = Not Available Score 3 = Neutral/Don't know Score 4 = Available Score 5 = Very Available Furthermore, the scores obtained from each statement will be calculated using the following formula: 𝐀𝐢 = (𝒂.𝟓)+(𝒃.𝟒)+(𝒄.𝟑)+(𝒅.𝟐)+(𝒆.𝟓) 𝒂+𝒃+𝒄+𝒅+𝒆 Information: Ai : Public perception for i-statement a : Number of respondents giving answers 5 b : Number of respondents giving answers 4 c : Number of respondents giving answers 3 d : Number of respondents giving answers 2 e : Number of respondents giving answers 1 The results of the scores of each answer are then summed and averaged, then grouped so that the final results are known with the assessment index as follows: 1