Virtual Tour- An Alternative to Responsible Heritage Tourism?

Case Study: Lasem Old Town

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211126.008How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Virtual Tour; Responsible Heritage Tourism; Lasem Old Town

Abstract

Virtual tours have become a new form of tourism that recently came to fame due to pandemic’s travel restrictions. It takes advantage of numerous digital platforms that are rapidly growing their users owing to the circumstances; meanwhile, far-reaching technology advancement enables it to be acceptable by a wider market now. This zeitgeist was immediately caught by museums and cultural institutions and independent travel agents/operators in Indonesia’s tourist destinations-- including Lasem. Being promoted as a heritage tourism destination, Lasem is gaining popularity among tourists. However, tourism in heritage sites has always had two sides of the coin: as a driver for both local economic gain and unsustainable development. The latter could be minimized by applying the “responsible tourism” concept to make visitors more socially and culturally mindful of the site’s significance. This paper investigates two virtual tours in Lasem Old Town using a framework of responsible tourist behavior and evaluates whether this new form of tourism is worth considering as an alternative to visiting our heritage sites.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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BT  - Proceedings of the ARTEPOLIS 8 - the 8th Biannual International Conference (ARTEPOLIS 2020)
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