THE OPTIMAL ROUTE FOR CULTURAL TOURISM IN THE SPECIAL REGION OF YOGYAKARTA
Penulis/Author
FIRDAUS YUSRIZAL (1); Prof. Ir. Siti Malkhamah, M.Sc., Ph.D., IPU., ASEAN.Eng. (2); Prof. Dr. Sudarmadji, M.Eng.Sc. (3); Dr. Ir. Muhamad, S.T., M.T., IPU., ASEAN Eng. (4)
Tanggal/Date
5 2023
Kata Kunci/Keyword
Abstrak/Abstract
The Special Region of Yogyakarta is one of the most popular tourist destinations in
Indonesia and offers a wide range of cultural wealth. Consequently, it is interesting to explore
the many tourist attractions. A tour taking the optimal route can, of course, provide efficiency
in terms of distance and travel time while also providing a quality experience to the traveler.
Ignoring these factors can lead to a failed trip. To determine the optimal route, we spread a
questionnaire to travelers (n = 507) and obtained their preferences when traveling to be used
in designing the optimum route. We present two scenarios in this paper for comparison: the
first is the common way tourists determine travel routes, and the second uses a genetic
algorithm approach. We found that determining the optimal route of travel using methods of
genetic algorithms can shorten the total travel distance of tourists by 68.8 kilometers
(29.20%), reduce the travel time by 137.60 minutes (8.87%), and at the same time maintain
tourist preferences during their tour. We also propose efforts to improve the optimization of
cultural tourist travel routes, focusing on the travel aspects between tourist destinations and
on the aspects of the tourist destination itself.
