Abstract:
In an effort to use information and communication technology to boost the growth
of the regional tourism industry, a web-based platform to promote Samosir Cultural
Tourism has been created. This platform intends to promote Samosir Island's rich culture
and popular tourism attractions to a broad audience. This platform offers comprehensive
and fascinating information about the cultural heritage, history, and tourist attractions
given by Samosir Island by utilizing web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript,
and PHP.
The platform development process, which includes system analysis, user interface
design, system implementation, and trial and error, is summarized in this abstract. The
platform has a number of pages, such as a home page that gives a summary of the tourist
destination, a "About Us" page that describes the history and culture of Samosir Island, a
package page that lists different cultural tour packages, and a booking page that enables
users to make direct reservations. Future ideas for the platform development include
improvements to functions like the admin page and payment system.
It is hoped that this platform can contribute to promoting the cultural tourism
potential of Samosir Island more widely and effectively, as well as become the basis for
further development to improve service quality and user experience in exploring and
getting to know this unique tourist destination more closely.
