saya pikir adanya kesan sebuah konflik antara penerapan hukum/aturan islam 
ketika berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar atau budaya2/agama/kebiasaan yang 
notabene berbeda dengan konsep dalam islam. Ini khususnya berlaku di negara 
kita yang suka rame terus

Pariwisata dan Islam? Konflik atau Tidak?
Ada sebuah negara dengan populasi penduduk lokal 100% muslim yaitu Maldives, 
mereka berhasil mengundang foreign investor masuk ke negaranya untuk mendirikan 
hotel2 berbintang. Pariwisata mereka mulai berkembang dan digemari oleh pasar 
mayoritas spt Jepang, Korea, Eropa Amerika ataupun Australia
Awalnya saya pikir wah susah deh hidup di negara ini, karena sudah pasti bakal 
banyak aturan2 agama yang bakalan mengharamkan beberapa produk dalam industri 
wisata/hotel, contohnya minuman keras, daging babi, hubungan mesra dengan tamu, 
topless, etc etc 

Pada kenyataannya di setiap hotel di seantero Maldives, produk wisata ini ini 
exist dan hidup secara bebas. 
Aturan Hukum yang berlaku di negara ini sekilas saya sebutkan adalah yang 
muslim haram hukumnya menikmati produk2 tsb di ruang terbuka, dan yang non 
muslim sangat dilarang menawarkan produk ini kepada penduduk lokal.
Akan tetapi prakteknya .....yang terjadi adalah kawan2 muslim turut juga 
menikmati dan enjoy dengan lifestyle ini malah mereka terkenal suka minum dan 
suka dengan wanita yang topless. 
Bagaimana saat warganya menjalankan kegiatan agama? Hmmm...mereka boleh dikata 
taat saat bersholat.
Hmmmmm.....siapa yang salah siapa yang benar?

Maldives telah membuktikan bahwa ternyata walaupun Islam ada disana, tetapi 
pariwisata juga tetap hidup malah berkembang pesat
Memang secara budaya saya akui mereka tidak punya unggulan berupa budaya. 
Unggulan mereka hanya satu yaitu wisata menyelam (diving tour)

Lalu mengapa di Indonesia, Islam is bad for tourism? Mau ngga mau saya juga 
musti akui hal tersebut.
Apakah karena orang2nya/umat2nya yang kurang mampu bertoleransi dengan 
budaya/agama lain?
Ataukah karena ajarannya?

saya juga ngga tahu...

Beachboy

----- Original Message ----
From: radityo djadjoeri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:31:05 AM
Subject: [mediacare] Indonesia Matters: Islam is bad for tourism

Islam is Bad for Tourism September 7th, 2006, in Religion, Cities & Regions, 
Islam, Bali, Maluku & Ambon, Lombok, by Patung 

Attempting to forbid sinful activities, such as drinking, harms the growth of 
tourism in Muslim areas.


Luthfi Assyaukanie mentions the success of Hindu dominated Bali in developing a 
thriving tourist industry, and compares it with the lack of such success of the 
Muslim dominated Ternate and Tidore islands in North Maluku, and also Lombok, 
both places being able to lay claim to having many of the tropical charms that 
normally would see sun-seeking foreigners with too much spare time on their 
hands beating a path to their doors, bringing along with them lots of money.

Not only beachside attractions distinguish Lombok and Ternate-Tidore but they 
are also places full of history. Interestingly, Lombok, like Bali, was once an 
important centre of Hindu learning and culture. While Bali held on to its Hindu 
heritage, and thrived, Lombok abandoned it in favour of Islam, and did not 
prosper, in terms of the travel industry at any rate.

Ternate and Tidore, in the Moluccas, near the island of Halmahera, have not 
succeeded at all in the tourism area, says Luthfi, while Lombok’s limited 
success can be put down to its proximity to Bali - it has merely taken the 
“overflow” from the Island of the Gods and cannot take any credit for having 
done so.

Foreign tourists like to drink alcohol, says Luthfi. But on the little islands 
of Ternate and Tidore there are few places, if any, where degenerate westerners 
can indulge their weakness for the demon drink, or get “hammered”, in 
colloquial terms. Luthfi met with some people on the islands, people who all 
said, when asked, that they would welcome the development of a tourist 
industry. But, when asked about the existence of “cafes” or bars they said that 
such places as had existed had all been shut down by the local branch of the 
FPI (Front Pembela Islam). One person said:
There used to some [cafes and bars] but they were all torn down. Recently one 
has opened but they [the owners] are still afraid to operate.
(dulu ada, tapi semuanya sudah dihancurkan. Baru-baru ini ada satu kafe 
didirikan, tapi masih takut beroperasi.)
Luthfi, in Islam, Turisme, dan Toleransi, says the citizens of Ternate, Tidore, 
and Lombok, and other Muslim areas that would like to build a tourist industry, 
should learn from the tolerant attitude of the Balinese, that is, that in order 
to enjoy the benefits of tourism the various consequences have also to be 
accepted.

www.indonesiamatter s.com/674/ islam-tourism/





 
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