ANP and AHP Method Approaches in Selecting of Tourism Attraction in Samarinda

Abstract

The tourism sector, especially in Samarinda and its surroundings, is a sector that is experiencing quite dynamic development in supporting economic growth in the area. Apart from being one of the centers of education, Samarinda is also part of a tourist destination city in East Kalimantan. The objectives to be achieved in this study are to analyze and design, as well as to find out as well as compare the outputs or rankings of the two methods that will be used in supporting decisions for the selection of tourist objects in the city of Samarinda. Determining the criteria in this study was carried out through literature studies, surveys and interviews with related stakeholders, especially in the tourism sector. Furthermore, the criteria and sub-criteria are given a pairwise comparison assessment with a preference between 1-9 for the AHP method, then the ANP method will add an assessment of mutual influence between the criteria. The results to be obtained in this study can determine the best tourism object from several alternatives based on ranking as well as to determine the comparison of the output of the two methods whether the same or different.