The Impact of Cultural Tourism on Economic Development:

Cultural tourism in Yogyakarta is a part of a continuously growing and expanding industry. This paper’s aim is to find and analyze the positive and negative effect of tourism on the economic development of Yogyakarta. A list of definitions of cultural tourism and its positive and negative impact on economic development are gathered based on literature to create a theoretical framework. The theoretical frameworks are used to analyze the empirical results of f the case study of Yogyakarta and to draw a conclusion on the positive and negative impact. Based on theoretical framework, negative effects found that match is seasonality, and the research found out that noise disturbance seems to be a problem that is not mentioned in the theoretical framework. Among the positive effects are new money into the community, increased infrastructure and added skills, with increased employment and income being the most significant. Based on these finding, this paper concludes that the positive effects are larger than the negative effects.