Mapping Cultural and Historical Areas: Exploration of Laweyan Surakarta Indonesia

Abstract

This paper is about mapping the cultural and historical potential in the Laweyan area of Surakarta City, Indonesia, which is a cultural heritage area. Laweyan is the center for batik entrepreneurs in Surakarta. Laweyan was declared a Regional Cultural Heritage by Minister of Culture and Tourism Regulation No. PM.03/PW.007/MKP/2010, as a Provincial Cultural Heritage". The research problem is how to map the natural, cultural, social and economic, historical and religious potential and conditions in the Laweyan area so that it can become the basis for government considerations when making policy decisions in developing tourism in the area. This research method uses qualitative naturalistic methods with grounded research methods. The aim of this research is to map Laweyan as a cultural heritage area. The results of this research are in the form of mapping Laweyan's potential in the form of natural, historical, cultural, social and economic conditionse.