| Abstrakt: |
Japan and Indonesia have culture as a tourism sector because both countries have old cultural civilizations. Japan and Indonesia have a lot of cultural heritage, especially architecture because it is used for trade and the spread of religion on the maritime silk route. The research of cultural heritage in the realm of geography is always related to the spatial distribution of heritage, but they have specific indicators that are different from others. This research has purpose to identify the distribution structure of heritage sites at the inter-city level (province or prefecture) and compare between 2 inter-city regions in Indonesia and Japan and their relation to the tourism destination. The paper uses analytical methods to examine the distribution of heritage sites and highlights the importance of cultural heritage in tourism. The results indicate that status granting in Indonesia based on the determination of the world heritage level, national, province, and regency makes Indonesia evenly distributed compared to the granting of Nara status based on designation, selection and registration. It is happen because the designation process in Indonesia can be done at the local level. In contrast, the granting of heritage site status in Japan is concentrated on the central government which makes the distribution more concentrated in one region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
