Udayana Journal of Social Sciencec and Humanities, Vol. 2 No. 2, Agustus 2018 | 113 DOI: https://doi.org/10.24843/UJoSSH.2018.v02.i02.p08 Abstract Puri Agung Kerambitan is the forerunner of pekraman village Kerambitan, Tabanan, Bali. Its vast territory covers 19 villages from Kerambitan in the south to Batuaji in the north of the palace. It is founded in 1650 as a fragment of the Kingdom of Tabanan, began to open its access to tourism in 1980, during the reign of Late A A. Ngurah Anom Mayun. Puri Agung offers several activities such as Puri Wedding, Puri Day and Puri Night Dinner for more than three decades. All of these activities involve the palace residents and villagers surrounding it. Arts attraction such as Tabuh Okokan and Tektekan Calonarang, distinctive and authentic of Kerambitan art; until the procedure of making offerings and traditional Balinese cake are displayed. The number of foreign and domestic tourists who visit the palace is certainly has a big impact on the grand cost of the palace management cost. The income and the expenses of the palace within 2016 was obtained by using a quantitative method. Interviews with the management and residents of Puri Agung Kerambitan were conducted for the validity and supporting the research data. The data and problem were analyzed using the qualitative descriptive method. This paper gives an overview and simple description of Puri Agung Kerambitan's income from its tourism activity and the expenses required for managing it. These expenses can be sorted out in physical, such as palace maintenance and staff salaries; as well as non-physical, such as ceremonial financing. The good management of tourism activities could alleviate the grand maintenance cost of the palace. Keywords: Puri Agung Kerambitan, tourism palace, management cost I. INTRODUCTION The development of tourism in Bali has a great effect on the life of the Balinese, especially concerning the economic growth of the population. As a tourist destination, of course, Bali has many interesting tourist objects, cultural creations have high artistic value, customs, unique traditions as well as the hospitality of the local people have a major role in welcoming tourists to visit this small island. A variety of activity packages are offered, from adventure recreation, nautical recreation to the cultural tourism of learning history around the castles. Community-based tourism, communities engaged in tourism, performing arts performances, and various types of art have been ingrained in the Balinese. Tourism offers breaks, culture, escapades, adventures, and other new and different experiences. Many places in Bali, depending on the tourism industry as a source of taxes and their income. Law no. 10/2009 on Tourism stated that tourism is a variety of activities supported by various facilities and services provided by the community, businessmen, the Government, and local government. 1930 is a milestone in the development of tourism in Bali, with the establishment of Inna Bali Hotel, a colonial- style architectural building to accommodate the increasing tourists coming at that time. World War II in 1942-1945 had an impact in pausing tourist arrivals to Bali, but the next decade, tourist dwellings growing very rapidly. Sanur, Kuta, Ubud, flooded with tourists up until now Bali has 35,000 residential tours. The number of tourists attracted to come to Bali because of its cultural uniqueness made local Government developed tourism industry based on cultural tourism policy. This policy is outlined in Local Regulation No. 3 of 1974, which was revised into Local Regulation No. 3 of 1991 on Cultural Tourism, which states that every tourism industrialization of this region must be based on Balinese culture. It is what fosters the idea and creativity of the Puri Agung Kerambitan leader in Bali to make his palace as part of the tourism culture in Bali. Puri in Bali is a place of residence who hold the government. The building is generally located in kangin kaja at the corner of the grand T Junction, in the center of the village and is a place to store various wealth or cultural heritage that is often used as a tourist attraction by the area. 1.2 English Literature, Faculty of Arts Udayana University Bukit Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia lirishati_soethama@unud.ac.id The Role of Tourism Activities in Alleviating the Management Cost of Puri Agung Kerambitan, Tabanan Putu Lirishati Soethama 1 , I Gusti Agung Istri Aryani 2