Abstract:
The are various kind of cultural aspects. One of them is art. Art is one of some traditions which is very close to people in Kabupaten Lingga. Art is also an important aspects for the perfection of people and culture. The purpose of this research is to find out why dancing art is not used as a tourism attraction yet in Kabupaten Lingga, and to find out what can be done to develop dancing art as a cultural attraction in Kabupaten Lingga.
Writer used descriptive method in this research. The purpose of this method is making description about a social/nature phenomena systematically, factually, and accurately (Wardiyanto, 2006). This research uses theory concept by (Oka Yoeti,2005) about the development of dancing art as a cultural tourism's attraction. Likert scale is used in every activity in collecting information from the interviewer. The response for this research is positive. It can be seen that dancing art has been received as a supporting aspects in tourism diversity. Management of cultural diversity has been applied in annual activities like Rampai Seni Budaya Melayu (RSBM), art attraction in 5 districts, perpetuation and actualization of traditional game, Aid for dancing studio in the form of funding, guidance, and art instrument, and coordination with art studio management in planning the promotion of dancing art as cultural tourism.
