Textile Tourism Image as an Identity of Cigondewah in Bandung City

Abstract

Cigondewah is one of the priority areas of textile industry development in Bandung and a center of fabric shopping tourism area for local and national tourists. The majority of people inhabiting Cigondewah are traders and entrepreneurs who are mostly residents or those living surrounding the area who become the main economic actors in Cigondewah. The growing and developing trading activities can affect buildings along the right and left corridors at Cigondewah Street. The existence of the textile industry area results in its own impact and phenomenon on the change of built environment function on Cigondewah Street that can improve the society's economy. Cigondewah is declared as one of the creative economy areas in Bandung. It is closely related to the built environment which provides an area for fabric shopping tourism in Bandung. This research described the existing phenomena in the area by examining the shape, activities, characteristics, changes, relationships, similarities and differences of phenomena of the built environmental along Cigondewah Street. Image and identity of Cigondewah as a fabric shopping tourism have a special meaning for the community of Bandung and surrounding areas as an alternative to fabric shopping tourism. The location of Cigondewah that is located around the fabric industry center in Bandung and Cimahi areas makes Cigondewah very close to the textile industry. This research intends to acknowledge activities done in the residential area, existing image and identity of the study area, built environment changes, and its layout.