| dc.description.abstract | This study discusses the background of the Balairung Balige Traditional Market as a
tourist attraction that has tourist appeal in Balige City. The purpose of this study is to
explain the Balerong Traditional Market as a tourist attraction in Balige City in 2004,
explain the supporting and inhibiting factors in its development as a tourist attraction,
and the developments that occurred in it in the period 2004-2017. The method used in
this study is the historical method including topic selection, heuristics, criticism,
interpretation, and historiography. The results of this study indicate that the Balerong
Traditional Market has become a tourist attraction because in 2004 the tourism sector
became one of the development goals in Toba Samosir Regency, which is supported
by the historical and cultural values of the Balerong building, culinary tourism, and
regional specialties available in it. As a tourist attraction, the Balerong Traditional
Market has supporting and inhibiting factors in its development such as ease of
accessibility, availability of accommodation, and various promotional efforts in the
form of cultural attractions organized by the government and the community.
Inhibiting factors include the inadequate environmental conditions around Balerong
Traditional Market. In the period 2004-2017, many efforts were made by the
government, so that there was development in terms of buildings and products
offered in it. Balerong Traditional Market in 2004 became a tourist attraction that has
tourist attractions, with various supporting factors and inhibiting factors in its
development, so that although not too significant, Balerong Traditional Market
continued to experience development until 2017. | en_US |
