International Tourist Perception Towards Tourism Destination in East Kalimantan Province

This study explains that the tourism marketing strategy can work well, so it is necessary to conduct a survey of international tourists' perceptions by analyzing the characteristics of international tourists and perceptions of the level of tourist satisfaction with tourist destinations.It is very important to provide complete information about the description of tourism destinations and satisfaction responses from tourists so that later they do not disappoint those who visit tourism destinations.This will be a reference for improving the quality of products and services for international tourists by establishing a destination management strategy as a monitoring and evaluation tool for tourism development.The method used in this study is making collaboration with Tour Guides of East Kalimantan who have accompanied tourists during their visits for the last three years, by distributing questionnaires in the form of question links.From the results of the questionnaires that have been distributed, it is identified that 126 foreign tourists from various countries have given their perceptions about tourism services in East Kalimantan.Three countries bring the most tourists to East Kalimantan, namely Japan, the Netherlands, and Germany.Most of them expressed satisfaction with the quality of products, the management of tourism facility and infrastructure in East Kalimantan