Promosi Wisata Kuliner Seafood Di Makassar the Promotion of Seafood Culinary Tourism in Makassar

This research aims to find out promotion forms of seafood culinary tourism in Makassar and promotion activities done in promoting seafood culinary tourism in Makassar to attract tourists' interest. This research was formed the background of promotion of form and activity done by restaurant and hotel managers in promoting seafood as one of the culinary tourism object in Makassar. The data were obtained through interview to 17 informants. They were then analyzed using descriptive qualitative analysis. The results show that restaurant managers rely the on promotion more on face-to-face promotion, so it is very rare to do promotion through mass media, while hotel managers more intensively do promotion. It is also found that hotel managers have more perfect plan before doing promotion, while restaurant managers do promotion only when the rate of visit is low. Hotel managers also used printed media, electronic media, internet to do promotion, while restaurant managers do not use internet medi