Abstract:
Presidential Regulation Number 81 of 2014 stipulates the Lake Toba area and its surroundings to
become a National Strategic Tourism Area (KSPN) where Balige District is one of the Primary Service
Centers which has main service facilities that connect between activity centers in the surrounding area.
This policy is a stimulant in areas where there is a change in the function of agricultural land into
commercial land with the growth of commercial buildings that affect land use changes in the arterial
road corridor of Balige District. There are two problem issues that will be studied, namely: first, how
changes in land use before and after the enactment of Presidential Decree Number 81 of 2014 at the
research location from 2009-2019, second, how the influence of Presidential Decree Number 81 of
2014 on changes in land use which is a component tourism at the research location from 2009-2019.
The research objectives are: first, to identify changes the land use before and after the enactment of
policies at the research location from 2009-2019, second, to find the effect of policies on changes in
land use which is a component of tourism in the research location from 2009-2019. The study used a
descriptive qualitative method with a time series approach using the land use map of Balige District
from 2009, 2014 and 2019. The results showed that the tourism component includes: accommodation
facilities, eating and drinking facilities, transportation services, and travel agencies, changing
commercial functions to commercial functions in the tourism sector. The results of this study show
that as a result of the policy, changes in land use for the 2009-2019 period from 0.87ha to 1.27ha,
secondly, as a result of this policy, there was a change in land use which was a component of tourism
for the 2009- 2019 period from 0.61 ha to 1.24 ha. |
