Pariwisata Sebagai Sektor Unggulan Provinsi Sumatera Barat (Pendekatan Analisis Location Quotient)

This study aims to determine the leading business fields that support the tourism sector in the South Coastal district and the province of West Sumatra. PDRB panel data were collected from the Central Statistics Agency in 2014 - 20i8 with saturated sampling technique. To determine the leading business field per region, the Location Quetiont (LQ) method is used. The results of the LQ method analysis show that the South Coastal District has 4 leading business fields but the dominant one supporting the development of the tourism sector is only the agricultural business field (LQ = 1.70). Likewise, the province of West Sumatra has 7 leading business fields but the dominant one supporting the development of the tourism sector is only the transportation and warehousing business field (LQ = 2.54)