Pedagang Kuliner Kawasan Wisata Tanggo Rajo Ancol Jambi 1960 an – 2015

Abstract

This research is historical research with the theme of economic history with the object of
research being culinary traders in the Tanggo Rajo Ancol Tourism Area, Jambi from the 1960s
– 2015. The purpose of the research is to provide information about the existence of the Ancol
Tourism Area as a center for culinary tourism in Jambi City. from the emergence, development,
and management in accordance with the research periodization. Next, it will explain the
economic conditions of the culinary traders who sell there and the effect of the area on the
income of culinary traders.The method used is the historical method starting from the stages
of heuristics, criticism, interpretation, and historiography. The theory that fits this research is
the Multiplier Effect. In the end, the findings obtained after conducting field research showed
that culinary traders in the Tanggo Rajo Ancol Tourism Area, Jambi, had been selling for
decades before the area was known as a tourist area. Furthermore, it is known that the income
of culinary traders will increase compared to their daily income if it coincides with important
moments such as school holidays, the month of Ramadan, holidays, celebrations of the
Indonesian Independence Day and Jambi Province Anniversary, and festivals with cultural
nuances. Next, culinary traders in the Tanggo Rajo Ancol Jambi Tourism Area are
concentrated in two locations, namely under the Gentala Arasy Bridge to the Tanggo Rajo
Gate and from the Jambi Police Chief's House to Kasang Harbor / Pasir Harbor.