The Virtual Tour Panorama as a Guide and Education Media of the Historic Objects at Datu Luwu Palace

Abstract

Datu Luwu Palace is one of the cultural tourist destinations located in Palopo City, South Sulawesi in which there are various kinds of historical objects. Datu Luwu Palace is not always open in general and the visiting hours are uncertain making people who want to visit feel lazy because of uncertainty. So, a system is needed that can help tourists make visits and facilitate the work of the manager of the Datu Luwu Palace. The purpose of this study is to design and implement a system that can help tourists to know about historical objects virtually while making it easier for managers to introduce and educate them about historical objects. This data was obtained through Field Research and Library Research. The System Development Method used is the MDLC (Multimedia Development Life Cycle) method and for testing this system using the Questionnaire method. The results of this study show that this research can produce a system application that facilitates the performance of the manager and helps tourists see historical objects through virtual tours. The feasibility test results from the implementation of the system that has been made show results that are "very feasible" to use, obtained from the results of the average percentage of Expert and Tourist respondents, which is 86.70%.