The Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism Businesses in South Sulawesi

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10.2991/assehr.k.210629.047How to use a DOI?

Keywords

COVID-19, tourism, business impact

Abstract

The COVID-19 virus spreads massively and rapidly so that it is categorized as a pandemic. The Indonesia government then implemented several ways to limit mobility such as social distancing, quarantine, and Isolation (PSBB) as a way to overcome the spread of COVID-19. This limitation of mobility has subsequently become a disruption in the social, economic, and political fields and tourism is the first and most impactful sector area. This research aims how the spread of COVID-19 affect businesses in the tourism industry in South Sulawesi. The research method uses descriptive qualitative approach by adapting and modifying Financial Impact dan Non-Financial Impact from Business Impact Analysis parameter. The research focused on 2 travel agency and 2 local governments. We grouped and compared each unit then looked at the impact of the spread of COVID-19 on these units. The travel agency units were selected by looking at scope and business model from and the 2 local governments were selected by looking at national and local ranking of destinations. The results of the study concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic had a bad impact on South Sulawesi’s businesses tourism both financially and non-financially.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nur Arkam
AU  - Nuraeni Sayuti
AU  - Gina Lucita
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/07/01
TI  - The Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism Businesses in South Sulawesi
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Administration Science 2020 (ICAS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 246
EP  - 251
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210629.047
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210629.047
ID  - Arkam2021
ER  -