Abstract
Based on data
on the management of the Kakek Bodo and Putuk Truno waterfalls, as well as the
Pasuruan Regency culture and tourism office, it shows that the number of
tourists at Kakek Bodo waterfall is the largest compared to the number of
tourists at Putuk Truno waterfall. This study aims to determine 1) Comparison
of tourist characteristics including (area of origin, age, gender, marital
status, employment status, education level, and income) who visited the Kakek
Bodo and Putuk Truno waterfall tours in Pasuruan Regency. 2) Comparison of the
attraction of visiting the Kakek Bodo and Putuk Truno waterfalls.
This type of
research uses quantitative descriptive with field survey methods. The research location
was conducted at 2 tourist objects in Pasuruan Regency. The sampling technique
in this research is Accidental Random Sampling, which is sampling that is done
by chance without prior planning. The sample used in this study were 100
respondents each 50 tourists for the Kakek Bodo waterfall and 50 tourists from
Putuk Truno. Data on area of origin, age, gender, marital status, employment
status, education level, and tourist income are known by conducting interviews,
tourist attractions are obtained from interviews with the tourist attraction
questionnaire for Kakek Bodo and Putuk Truno waterfalls. The documentation
obtained is in the form of the number of tourists. Chi square analysis is used
to compare tourist characteristics, while scoring analysis is used to compare
tourist attraction.
The results
showed that 1) age, education level, gender, occupation, marriage and income of
tourists visiting Kakek Bodo and Putuk Truno waterfalls had no significant
differences. There is a significant difference in the area of origin visiting
the Kakek Bodo waterfall and Putuk Truno waterfall so that it affects the
number of tourist visits. 2) The attractions of tourist attractions in Kakek
Bodo and Putuk Truno waterfalls are different, namely the attractive category
for tourist attractions at Kakek Bodo waterfall, and the less attractive
category for tourist attractions at Putuk Truno waterfall.
Keywords: Tourist Characteristics, tourist attraction, tourist attractions, waterfalls, and area of origin.