| dc.description.abstract | As a literary-culture site, the Van Der Wijck Monument located on the
northern coast of Lamongan poses its own intrigue for research and
observation. This paper aims to portray the phenomena surrounding the Van
Der Wijck Monument. The site denotes an important literary-culture premise
designed to produce a strategic formulation concerning the development of a
literary-culture-based tourism industry, regulative policies, and a local
economic improvement strategy for the northern coastal communities of
Lamongan regency. The problem that has arisen so far, the Van Der Wijck
monument is that there is no serious handling from various parties, including
the local government. The present research deploys descriptive-qualitative
approach. The results of this study indicate that the development of Van Der
Wijck Monument as a literary-culture site constitutes an effort to preserve the
cultural site, leading to enhanced cultural restoration, increased knowledge and
socio-economic capacity of the northern coastal community in Lamongan, East
Java. Therefore, the strategic formula for developing the site as a tourism
industry is projected to generate cultural memory, while at the same time
empowering the local economy. | en_US |
