DISTRIBUTION OF ATTRACTIONS AND TOURISM ACCOMODATION IN SIMANINDO, SAMOSIR DISTRICT, INDONESIA

Tourism has become an extremely important sector in national economic development. Samosir District is one of the famous tourist destinations in Indonesia. There are 75 tourist sites spread over 9 subdistricts in Samosir. The distribution of attractions is located mostly in the subdistrict of Simanindo. The objectives of this research are to analyze the distribution of attractions and describe tourism accommodation in Simanindo Subdistrict. The qualitative approach is used in this research. The data used are compiled from observation and documentary. The results reveal that almost 19 tourist attractions spread in Simanindo Subdistrict. The attractions can be classified as natural attractions, historical attractions, and cultural attractions. There are 58 hotels (1326 rooms) and other accommodation to support 19 tourist sites in this area. The hotels consist of 2-star hotels totaling 5 buildings; 1-star hotel, class I jasmine hotels amounted to 30 buildings; class II jasmine hotel amounted to 17 buildings; and class III jasmine hotel amounted to 5 buildings.