Density Analysis of Flickr Data as a Proxy to Reveal the Intensity of Tourism Activity in Borobudur

摘要

Indonesia has many cultural heritages that attracts not only local tourist but also a foreigner. The most renowned site forcultural tourism is Borobudur, that attracts many tourists. It also included as one of the seven cultural wonders in theworld. Tourism activity cannot be separated from photography since the visitors would want to have memories of thelocations. Involuntary Geographic Information (iVGI) is one of the new sources of information that can be used toanalyze the pattern of human activities spatially. This research explores Flickr data as an example of using photo-basediVGI data for hotspot analysis of human activities in cultural tourism objects. Each photo in Flickr’s database located inBorobudur can be assumed as an activity log since Flickr allowed the user to add geotagged photos. Though a datacleaning process must be done to filter irrelevant data. Point Density was employed in this study to explore photodistribution in the study area. The density will act as an indicator that an area is more frequently visited by visitors.Besides, Zonation of Borobudur Region data was used to justify the density and the zone designated by the officialdocument. The results of the study show that the peak of photography activity occurs at 13 pm and area arround theStupa of Borobudur Temple has attracted visitor in undertaking photo shoot activity.