ISLAMIC LOCAL TOURISM ACTIVITIES: ENRICHING THE SPIRIT OF TOGETHERNESS

Abstract

Conventional tourism is relatively minoron value-educated motivation as it mostly covers a notion of releasing physical self-fulfilment based on the self-freedom and human rights. Conventional tourism management today is however a linkage part of the modern capitalistic movement. It tends to show a materialistic coverage of tourism itself–multipliereffect ofeconomy and benefit-oriented-rather than a humanly values of mutual-benefits in sharing all togetherness and a mutual-help activities.Meanwhile, a series of Islamic local tourism activities in Jember have not been yet explored as vastly as those of conventional tourism activities due to some reasons. One of the main reasons is the availability of many capable human resource in the Islamic tourism sector. This article seeks to enrich the Islamic local tourism activities in Jembet in order to support the local tourist events for Islamic ummah.By establishing some local tourist attractions and activities or events as well as educating Islamic tourism for Islamic ummah based on the rules of Islamic teaching, the progress of Islamic local tourism activities for the locals ummah will be massively developing for future.
Key words: conventional tourism, Jember Islamic local tourism activities, Islamic ummah