North Sumatra Tourism Anthropology, The Sultancy of Deli: A Historiographic Review

This article discusses tourism development with an anthropological approach to tourism in the Deli Sultanate, North Sumatra. This article discusses: (1) the history of the Deli Sultanate, its social, cultural and political structure. The remains of the Deli Sultanate that still exist today. (2) Efforts from several parties in developing tourism around the Deli Sultanate and trying to improve human resources by conducting socialization and trying to complement the existing facilities to support tourism in the Deli Sultanate. (3) In this case, for the development of tourism in the Deli Sultanate, a team called the "Tim Deli Bertuah" was formed whose task was to carry out reconstruction and revitalization in the Deli Sultanate in order to make the Deli Sultanate an icon of tourism in the city of Medan. Therefore, it is hoped that the impact that can be felt by the community in tourism development in the Deli Sultanate, there are two impacts that can be felt, namely, First: in the economic field, for example, it can increase people's income, open new jobs and open up business opportunities for the community, especially in Medan city. Second: in the socio-cultural field, namely the positive impact, an example of the positive impact is increasing public awareness about cultural tourism in the Deli Sultanate. This research is a qualitative research. Data collection techniques used are observation and document study. The data obtained were then processed using data analysis techniques, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. From the results of the research that has been found, it seems that every tourism development needs to involve all parties, be it from academia, the community, and the government. Because the essence of the success of tourism development is if all people can benefit from tourism.