The Impact of Historic Mosque Tourism Development on the Conservation of Historical Mosque Buildings in Japan and Indonesia

Abstract

Historic mosques are considered structures with significant heritage, religious, and tourism value, which can sometimes create conflicts between these values. Therefore, this study aims to identify and compare the management of heritage values in historic mosques with tourism potential in Islamic majority (Indonesia) and minority (Japan) countries. This experiment emphasized four historical mosques in Indonesia and Japan while applying comparative analysis through observation, literature review, semiotic, and interview methods. The results showed the following: (1) In Japan as a non-Muslim country, historic mosques are used as spaces to introduce Islamic culture, so they are also used as architectural building museums or Islamic cultural centers, while in Indonesia as a Muslim country, historic mosques are sacred places that are developed as pilgrimage sites and religious tourism (2) Historical mosque as Museum tourism which shows denial relationship, can minimize the restoration of historical mosque building, Parallel Existence and partnership relationship in mosque pilgrimage tourism can intervene historical building by 'living nature' conservation, but partnership relationship in mosque cultural tourism with space limitation problem potentially demolished historical building. Consequently, the differences in managing historic building conservation were also strongly influenced by these mosques' tourism potential and sustainability.