Jurnal Pariwisata Terapan Vol. 5., No. 2, 2021 ISSN-
2580-1031 (print) ISSN- 2580-104X (online)
https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jpt
Efektivitas Penyampaian Konten Edukasi Agrowisata
Terhadap Pemahaman Wisatawan di Merapi Farma Herbal
Farm Sleman
Nuryuda Irdana
1
, Rina Widiastuti
2
, Wiku Purwono
3
Affiliation
1
Applied Bachelor Tour and Travel Business, Vocational Collage Universitas Gadjah Mada
2
Applied Bachelor Tour and Travel Business, Vocational Collage Universitas Gadjah Mada
3
Applied Bachelor Tour and Travel Business, Vocational Collage Universitas Gadjah Mada
Correspondence
Nuryuda Irdana. Applied Bachelor Tour and Travel Business, Vocational Collage UGM, Address: Iso
Reksoprodjo building, Vocational College, Sekip Universitas Gadjah Mada, Unit 1
st
St. Persatuan,
Blimbing Sari, Caturtunggal, Depok, Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55281. Email: nuryuda@ugm.ac.id
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, herbal agro-tourism became very popular in Indonesia. Agro-
tourism is closely related to edu-tourism. To build an edu-tourism business, business actors must
apply the concept of creativity so that tourists can gain more useful and educative knowledge. One
of the herbal agro-tourism locations in Sleman is Merapi Farma Herbal Farm. Even though
educational content, facilities, and completeness of resources in the implementation of agro-
tourism packages are already available and well managed, managers still must know whether the
implementation of the tour packages run at Merapi Farma Herbal Farm has been effective in
delivering educational content to the tourist.
This research aimed to determine the types of educational content contained in Merapi Farma
Herbal Farm Sleman, and to determine the effectiveness of delivering agro-tourism educational
content at Merapi Farma Herbal Farm Sleman to tourists' understanding. The research methods in
this study are descriptive method and survey method, and direct observation, interviews with
sources, literature studies, and documentation were conducted to find out the types of
educational content provided by Merapi Farma Herbal Farm. Meanwhile, to determine the
effectiveness of delivering agro-tourism educational content, this research conducted a hypothesis
test to tourists/visitors at Merapi Farma Herbal Farm Sleman as the research sample. The tool used
to collect data is questionnaires. The analytical tool used to test the hypothesis is the Wilcoxon
Test. The results showed that the types of educational content contained at Merapi Farma Herbal
Farm Sleman were education about types of herbal plants, how to cultivate herbal plants, the
benefits of herbal plants, the history of herbal medicine in Indonesia, and how to mix herbs
traditionally. The results of the analysis used the Wilcoxon Test also show that the delivery of
agrotourism educational content at Merapi Farma Herbal Farm Sleman can provide tourists with an
understanding of herbal plants.
Keywords: Agrotourism; Herbs; Merapi Farma Herbal; Edu tourism
Article Information: Submitted 25 November 2021|Revised 27 November 2021|Accepted 28 November 2021
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