The Influence of Tourism Sector to the Income of Simalungun Regency Area

Tourism activities can be defined as a process that left his home to go to a place and get back to the
place it comes from. People or groups that conduct tourism activities are called tourists. Tourism is in principle
a number of relationship of symptoms produced and leave foreigners, provided that their residence was not
caused the incidence of residences and businesses that are temporary or permanent work-seeking efforts as full.
For it can be seen that in reality the sector tourism one of the sectors that can be used as a source of
Simalungun Regency (Locally Generated Revenue). The tourism sector played an important role in the Tourism
sector has an important role in the economy of Indonesia as one of the sources of foreign exchange receipts and
employment as well as the opportunity of trying. In the draft national development, to improve the people's
welfare, the outlines of the bow of the State have determined that the development of tourism should be
continued and improved broadening and benefiting sources from the tourism sector as well as the national
tourism potential to be economic activities can be expected to increase the acceptance of foreign exchange,
expand and flatten the employment opportunities and the chance of trying in particular to the surrounding
society stimulates regional development, culture and national identity.
Keywords: Tourism, development, culture, foreign exchange