Kondisi Sosial dan Ekonomi Masyarakat di Sekitar Objek Wisata Religi Masjid Agung Syahrun Nur Kecamatan Sipirok Tapanuli Selatan

Abstract

Syahrun Nur Great Mosque is a mosque located in Kilang Papan Village, Sipirok District, South Tapanuli Regency, to be precise, this mosque is in the South Tapanuli Regency regional government office complex. This mosque was built in 2018 and inaugurated in 2021 and is now one of the icons of pride for the people of South Tapanuli Regency. This mosque is often used by the people of South Tapanuli as a tourist attraction and also people from other cities and even people outside North Sumatra. So from the existence of this religious tourist attraction, a study was conducted to find out whether the existence of this religious tourist attraction brings positive or even negative things for the surrounding community. Therefore, this study aims to determine and analyze how the social and economic conditions of the community around the Syahrun Nur Great Mosque religious tourism object using qualitative research methods with a descriptive approach so that researchers explore and describe the social and economic conditions of the surrounding community. The data collection techniques used in this research are interviews, observations, literature studies, and documentation. Then the data previously obtained was analyzed to draw conclusions from the research results. The conclusion obtained is that the existence of this religious tourist attraction gives positive things to the social and economic conditions of the surrounding community, namely the people of Kilang Papan Village because the existence of this religious tourist attraction makes people's lives progress or improvement. Based on interviews conducted that the existence of the Syahrun Nur Great Mosque religious tourist attraction socially does not diminish the spirit of mutual cooperation of the surrounding community, does not make the community individualist even the existence of this religious tourist attraction is a means for the community to introduce the culture that exists in South Tapanuli, especially Sipirok District, then seen from the economy, the community around the religious tourist attraction feels directly, that the existence of this religious tourist attraction is a business opportunity for the community to become entrepreneurs around the religious tourist attraction