Typology of Tourist Accommodation in the Borobudur Area, Indonesia

The village residential area surrounding Borobudur temple has a rapid growth. The tourism activity in the Borobudur area which has been appointed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991 gives significant impact for the growth of the surrounding area, especially for the residential area. One of the affected sectors is the dwelling houses. The increase of the tourists need in lodging availability pushes the dwelling houses in the Borobudur area to be developed as tourists’ accommodation. This research aims to explain and group the changes appear from the development of dwelling houses to be tourist accommodation. Therefore, this research is able to find out the tourist accommodation typology in the Borobudur area based on the change happened in the dwelling houses. The method used is rationalistic qualitative research by using multiple case study in 3 villages in the Borobudur area, they are; Borobudur village, Candirejo, and Wanurejo.