Tourism History of the Kingdom Age

A. Tourism In Indonesia In the Age of Empire
Recreational travel during this period was limited to only certain people can enjoy recreation, among others, the King, the Nobility, and the rich. This is because at that time attractions nice place to stay away from society at that time so that society at that time rarely travel tourism, in addition to the tourist attractions are usually reserved for the relatives of the King and closed to public . Thus at the time the leisure traveler is the royal family only, while there are people very rarely do they simply travel tourism trip to the woods or place of worship close to their territory.
B. Tourism Objects In Indonesia, the Kingdom Age
Many of the kings of the past who built various facilities for purposes that are recreational as well as a place where perisrirahatan. In the 5th century AD, King Tarumanegara create a channel that is used for irrigation, transportation, and recreation. As a tourist attraction that is often visited by the king and his family, among others:
1. Taman Narmada
This park is the resting place of the royal kings who built the Garden of Bali in Lombok Island region to relieve fatigue moment of routines in the kingdom. Inside the gardens there are several tools used to entertain kings. Unlike the other parks in West Nusa Tenggara, Narmada Park was built as a place of worship and rituals of kings.
Narmada is a park that was built by King Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Karangasem, exactly in 1727 AD Some history books claim when its founding in 1805 AD The name of this park is taken from a holy river in India, the Narmada River. The park resembles Mount Rinjani and Segara Anak Lake. Perhaps, when the king was too old to perform the ritual sacrifice (pekelan) to the summit of Mount Rinjani which has a height of 3,726 meters, he ordered all the royal architect to bring the nuances of Mount Rinjani to the middle of downtown. Finally they agreed to make copies of Narmada Park. In the past, as well as a special place to worship Lord Shiva, Taman Narmada is also intended as a resting place for the king.
2. Segaran pool, located in Trowulan, near Mojokerto, East Java, which was built in the heyday of the Majapahit Kingdom, who works for the purposes of recreation, besides that it is also to supply water in the dry season.
3. Tasik Ardi in Banten Lama, which was built by Maulana Yusuf in the 16th century AD, for purposes of irrigation, drinking water supply for the palace Surosowan, and for recreational purposes.
4. Structure's history, built by Sultan Iskandar Muda, was used as a resort and relax for the queen.
5. Bleduk * Kuwu is a phenomenon of crater mud (mud Volcanoes), which already occurred long before the era of Old Mataram Kingdom (732 AD-928 AD). Kuwu Bleduk * is one of the prime attractions in the District Grobogan, in addition to the source of eternal fire Mrapen, and Reservoir Kedungombo. Etymologically, the name comes from kuwu Bleduk * Java language, namely 'Bleduk *' which means the boom / burst and 'kuwu' which is absorbed from the word 'kuwur' which means the run / blurred / scrambled.
Actually at that time was very limited tourist attractions once, so this time the powerful kingdoms built tourist attractions for the family palace sanagt rarely opened to the public. At that time, the places that are built mostly in the form of places of worship, cemeteries and parks. In addition, the kings of the days it did a lot of attractions in the form of hunting animals perjalaan Forestry conducted a few days and locations are very distant forest. In addition, many kings who travel tour by visiting the neighboring kingdom mereka.dengan use horse and buggy.
Travel tours conducted by the society at that time a religious trip, meaning the people at that time a lot of travel tours to the tombs of the family that they consider kingdom as a lord or their ancestors. In addition, they travel to places of worship that are considered sacred. And there are other tours that the traders who trade outside of their area to trade, they usually visited the kingdom, kingdom klainnya well as tourism activities by visiting the famous places in the area.

taken from the website and use google translate diterjemhkan http://fauzihistory.blogspot.com/2011/02/majapahit-kingdom.html