The preference of transportation mode choice by domestic tourist in Surakarta

Tourism has a deep connection to transportation sector. Transportation sector opens access to destination. It means, the main function of transportation heavily related to accessibility. In other word, transportation sector could make possible for its user to travel to certain area with ease, for example to the tourism destination. Thus, this study aims to identify the tourist’s preference of transportation mode choice of domestic tourist in Surakarta. Paradigm used in this study is rationalistic. Analysis method used is correspondence analysis. Analyzes were performed using correspondence analysis to determine the relationship between modes of transport category rating and category selection reasons for their R A Nugroho,et al., REGION: Jurnal Pembangunan Wilayah dan Perencanaan Partisipatif, Vol. 15(1) 2020, 109-118 Received: October 03, 2018; Accepted: January 21, 2019; Available online: January 10, 2020 110 Copyright © 2020, REGION: Jurnal Pembangunan Wilayah dan Perencanaan Partisipatif choice. The result shows that most of tourists use motorcycle because it is easier to move, easier to use, cheaper, and more efficient.