A Descriptive Study of Motivationalvisitors at Batu Hobon Limbong Sagala-Samosir Herdiana Boru Hombing Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Tarutung herdianasihombing@gmail.com Abstract. This study aims to determine the motivation of visitors to the Batu Hobon Limbong Sagala Samosir tour. This research is a qualitative descriptive study because it produces descriptive data in the form of oral or written data, by looking for why or how something can happen. The research informant was determined by using accident sampling techniques, namely Batu Hobon tourist visitors as many as 10 people. Data collected through observation, interviews, and documentation are then described to obtain research objectives. Based on the results of the study, it was obtained that Batu Hobon visitors have diverse motivations coming to visit Batu Hobon, namely: recreational or recreational motivation, cultural and historical motivation, social-spiritual motivation, health motivation, and economic motivation. From this motivation, visitors to Batu Hobon visit, because they have unfulfilled desires and hope that by submitting a request to Mr. Sariburaja what they want, will be achieved. But some visitors come to Batu Hobon to travel or have fun and also to learn the history of Mr. Sariburaja and learn the Batak culture. If the arrival of visitors is based on the motivation of recreation and cultural- historical motivation, visitors do not perform any ritual. But when a visitor's motivation comes with social-spiritual motivation, health and economics in all three indicate a desire to achieve and realize something, then the Hobon visitor will perform a ritual and offer a prayer and then offer up a sacrifice. Keywords: motivation, visitors, Batu Hobon 1 Preliminary Today travel has become a necessity for modern humans to break away from their daily routine as well as fulfill their spiritual needs and inner satisfaction. According to RI Law, number 10 of 2009 concerning Tourism Chapter 1 article 1 states that tourism is a travel activity carried out by a person/group of people by visiting certain places for recreational purposes, personal development or learning the uniqueness of tourist attractions visited in a temporary period visitors are people who come to tourist sites both individuals and groups with a variety of diverse motivations. Motivation is a condition in an individual or organism that drives behavior toward the goal. A discussion of motivation will provide answers to the question "why does someone behave so". Concerning tourist visits, motivation is very important to be discussed to find out what exactly is behind the background of a person making a tour by visiting certain places. Various factors can influence a person to travel. Most people travel or traveled driven by the desire to have fun as a destination for tourists in general. But it is not uncommon for people to use their time to have fun while adding insight, knowledge, and skills about something. But someone can also visit tourist attractions because they are driven by both physical and psychological needs with the assumption that the place visited has the power that can provide ICCIRS 2019, December 11-14, Manado, Indonesia Copyright © 2020 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.11-12-2019.2302112