Abstract :
Atambua City is the capital of the Belu district which borders directly with
the state of Timor Leste. Atambua City is now not only as a city economically
serving and meeting the needs of its local people, but it can be said that 75%
of Atambua City meets the basic needs of a diverse community of Timor
Leste. The pattern of East Timorese visits in the city of Atambua needs to be
known for the development of interest-based tourism in the city of Atambua
where so far there are only monotonous tourist attractions or tourist attractions
centered only on beaches and mountains.
The purpose of this study is to direct the development of interest-based tours
of East Timorese people visiting the City of Atambua. This type of research
is a qualitative descriptive study using descriptive statistical analysis,
behavioral mapping and SWOT analysis.
The results showed that 37.2% percent of East Timorese who visited Atambua
City were inclined to carry out economic activities, visit family and travel.
The pattern of movement of the East Timorese people formed in the City of
Atambua was carried out in a single object which included visits to the white
sand beach, Atambua Plaza, Jabal Mart and visiting families in the villages of
Manumutin, Tenukiik, and Tulamalae. The tourism strategy that must be
developed in the city of Atambua is to increase the value of the spending tax
for the people of Timor Leste to increase regional income and improve public
infrastructure facilities in the tourist area, especially beach tourism