Disclosure and performance of historical tourism in Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to determine how Indonesian regional tourism performance is affected by historical tourism disclosure, regional heads, members of the regional representative council, the media, tourism business actors, investment value, tourism budget, and tourism grant expenditure. 514 Indonesian district/city governments made up the study’s population. The purposive sampling approach, according to researchers. The analytical tool employed is multiple and simple linear regression. The study’s findings demonstrated that Historical Tourism Disclosure is positively impacted by all antecedent variables. However, in Indonesia, local administrations’ disclosure of historical tourism is negatively impacted by investor value. Additionally, this signal seeks to enhance the region’s tourism performance. Signaling Theory indicates that strategic choices, notably the disclosure of positive performance, when the Government perceives disclosure as something that is helpful, the Government tends to directly disclose to increase Historical Tourism Performance. Originality of research reveal that there is a good contribution to the Government in assisting to optimize the historical tourism. Making the most of historical tourism is crucial to enhancing communal well-being.