The Definition of Poverty Tourism

Abstract

Poverty tourism that developed by Interculture Socio-Cultural community become controversial because it is trying to show the poor life of people in Luar Batang, North Jakarta. Poverty become an alternative tourism comodity that trying to show a reality of the real life in Jakarta. This research will explain the meaning or definition of poverty tourism from symbolic interactionism perspective. This research aims to find out: (1) the definition of poverty tourism that embodied in symbols, verbal and non verbal language, (2) to analyze the definition of poverty tourism. The research result shows that the definition relation of poverty tourism among the three parties there are mindless or unmeaningful between the one and the other party. That definition affected by historic, role/invovement, and also context like a legal formal towards the poverty tourism. The interculture considers the poverty tourism is a way to introducing two cultures in an activity. The resident of Luar Batang consider the poverty tour as a form of attention for them from other parties. Whereas, the DKI Jakarta government consider this poverty tourism violate the ethics, trying to show a disgrace to the foreign parties.