MARIOBORO

In Sanskrit, the word "malioboro" meaningful bouquet. it may have something to do with the past when the palace held a big event then the road malioboro will be filled with flowers. Malioboro word also comes from the name of a British colonial named "Marlborough" who lived there in 1811-1816 AD establishment malioboro road coincides with the establishment of Yogyakarta palace (residence of the Sultan).
Initial embodiment which is part of the concept of the city in Java, Jalan Malioboro imaginatively laid out as a north-south axis that is correlated with the Palace to Mount Merapi in the north and northwest South as a symbol of the supernatural. In the colonial era (1790-1945) urban pattern was interrupted by the Dutch built fort Vredeburg (1790) at the southern end of Jalan Malioboro. In addition to building a Dutch fort also built Dutch Club (1822), the Dutch Governor's Residence (1830), Java Bank and the post office to maintain their dominance in Yogyakarta.The rapid development going on at that time were caused by trade between the Dutch with the Chinese. And also due to the division of land in the sub-segment of Jalan Malioboro by the Sultan to the people of China and became known sebagagai District of China. The development of the period was dominated by the Dutch in building facilities to boost the economy and their strength, like the construction of the main station (1887) in Jalan Malioboro, which is physically managed to divide the road into two bagian.Sementara the street Malioboro has an important role in the era of independence ( post-1945), as the Indonesian people fighting for their independence in the fighting that North-South along the way.Now it is the largest tourist region in the center of Yogyakarta, with the history of Dutch colonial architecture mixed with contemporary China and the commercial area. Sidewalks on both sides of the road was packed with small shops that sell a variety of merchandise. In the evening a few restaurants open, called Lesbian, operates along the way. That road for many years been a two-way street, but in the 1980s it has become one direction only, from the railway to the south until Beringharjo. Malioboro street monitored conditions are not ideal because of the rampant construction of hotels in this place. Conditions were feared negative impact on the comfort Malioboro, both as a residential space as well as tourist attractions."I'm worried about the carrying capacity of the environment in the surrounding area of ​​Malioboro and powerful no longer accommodate the hotel which continues to grow," said Vice Chairman of the Regional Executive Board of the Association of Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants DIY Herman Tony, Friday (08/22/2014), in Yogyakarta.Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency DIY, until early 2013, Yogyakarta has 401 hotels, comprised of 39 five-star hotels and 362 hotel nonbintang. Of the 14 districts in Yogyakarta, Gedongtengen has recorded the largest hotel, the 135 units consisting of 9 star hotels and 126 hotel nonbintang. The Danurejan has 22 hotels, comprised of 3-star hotels and 19 hotel nonbintang.That number continues to grow because the municipal government of Yogyakarta receive the building permit application for 104 new hotels last year. Until mid-August 2014, there have been 71 new hotels rising. Eighteen of the new hotel is located in Gedongtengen, while in Danurejan there are two new hotels.