Media Wisata
Vol. 21 No. 2 (2023): Media Wisata

The Effectiveness of the Instagram Account @Pariaman.tourism as a Media of Tourism Information and Promotion in Kota Pariaman

Pradita, Dea Anandya (Unknown)
Yozani, Ringgo Eldapi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Nov 2023

Abstract

The Tourism and Culture Office of Pariaman City designed a planning program with several stages, namely content creation, platform determination, program implementation, monitoring and the final stage of evaluating. This planning is carried out to maximize tourism-related information and promotions through media that are considered quite effective, so as to have an influence on the number of tourists visiting both on a national and international scale. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which the effectiveness of social media accounts can be a medium for fulfilling information and promoting tourism. This type of research is quantitative with a descriptive approach. The research population is Instagram followers @pariaman.tourism and a sample of 366 respondents. The results of the research on the effectiveness of communication on the Instagram account @pariaman.tourism seen from the theory of communication effectiveness according to Hardjana which consists of six indicators, obtained a value of 3.30 which is included in the very effective scale range. Thus, the Instagram account @pariaman.tourism is a very effective medium in conveying information and promotions about tourism in the city of Pariaman.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MWS

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Economics, Econometrics & Finance Education Environmental Science Transportation Other

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Media Wisata (ISSN: 1693-5969) (EISSN: 2685-8436) published twice a year on May and November by Sekolah Tinggi Pariwisata AMPTA Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Media Wisata has been accredited by the Ministry of Technology Research and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia. The publication of this ...