Indonesia is an archipelago country in which the tourism sector plays a role as an economic locomotive. In 2016, Indonesia joined the World Halal Tourism Award (WHTA) and won 12 awards, three of which were won by West Sumatra. Bukittinggi is the principal city of tourism in West Sumatra. There are many halal hotels and restaurants and 190 mosques available in the city. Unfortunately, the information regarding the mosque locations is still inadequate. For this reason, this research was conducted in order to develop a web-based and mobile-based geographic information system (GIS) for places of worship information (GPWI) to make it easier for Muslim tourists to find mosques, and other tourism objects and facilities. This paper reports on the development of the GPWI. The development of the GPWI employed the waterfall method. The GPWI allowed tourists to find mosques based on specific criteria, whose output showed them the location, information, route, and local transportation available to get to the mosques as well as other tourism objects and facilities around the mosque. The GPWI was developed using Free Open Source Software (FOSS) PostgreSQL/PostGIS, PHP, JavaScript, and Basic4Android. The spatial-based database and programs that were used to develop this GPWI are the main contributions of this study. Based on the product evaluation, the GPWI successfully met the needs of Muslim tourists in finding mosques during their visits to Bukittinggi.
Tourism has grown to become one of the largest economic sectors in the world. International travel receipts reached USD 1,226 billion in 2016. Each country competes to get tourist visits. Various methods have been developed, including developing religious tourism. It is also done by one of the cities in Indonesia, namely Bukittinggi. Bukittinggi is the leading tourism destination in West Sumatra. Nowadays, in Bukittinggi, religious tourism is being developed with tourism activities related to Islamic teachings. Therefore, the existence of places of worship is one of the essential elements in religious tourism. However, there is a lack of information regarding religious tourism and supporting facilities. Thus, we need entirely, accurately, and easily accessible information to everyone at any time and anywhere. Developing an application with a mobile-based GIS has become the solution to the religious tourism problem in Bukittinggi. This paper reports the Mobile GIS application development. It adopted a waterfall method consisting of analysis, design, implementation, and testing. It was implemented based on the Android™ platform. It can be used to find out information and locations about places of worship, restaurant, and lodging house around places of worship and public transportation to locations. The results of tests showed that the application had fulfilled the functional needs of the system.
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