- Authors: Novita Dwi Wulandari
- From: Media and Cultural Studies Graduate School Universitas Gadjah Mada
Abstract:
Sharia tourism is a tourism constructed for government’s interest. Although it is for facilitate domestic tourism Moslem and foreign tourism Moslem, but in the practice, there is a commodification in sharia tourism. This research focuses on political economy study in sharia tourism construction. The aims of this research are: a) to explain the forms of religion commodities in sharia tourism construction on Wisata Syariah: Karakter, Potensi, Prospek, dan tantangannya textbook; b) to explain authority role of MUI and Kemenpar in sharia tourism construction; and c) to describe who is the most advantaged in sharia tourism practice. This research uses political economy, commodification, and consumer society theory. Meanwhile, the type of this research is qualitative interpretative and the methods are interview, observation, and document analysis. The finding of this research is that religion used as a commodity in the sharia tourism construction, replaced religion’s role by government’s interest. Therefore, government is the most advantaged.
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