The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourist Attractions (A Study in Kupang Regency)
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220301.070How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- COVID-19; Tourist Attraction; Kupang Regency
- Abstract
This research aims to assess the COVID-19 pandemic on tourist attractions in Kupang Regency of Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) Province of Indonesia. We limit the study sample to seven tourist attractions that are officially managed by the Kupang Regency Government. The type of research used is that of descriptive by employing qualitative methods. Accordingly, primary and secondary data are used, with data collection techniques through observation, interviews, documentation and literature study. The results showed that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a decrease in the number of tourist visits, which resulted in a decrease in tourist attraction income which also had implications for the decrease in local revenue levies for the Kupang Regency Government from the tourism sector. This decrease in the number of tourist visits also has an impact on the decline in income received by business actors who depend their livelihoods at the tourst attractions managed by the Kupang Regency government. Meanwhile, the socio-cultural and environmental impacts bring changes to the community because with the implementation of health, safety, and hygiene protocols. Therefore, people are more concerned about personal hygiene and health, and the environment of tourist attractions is getting cleaner and better maintained.
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- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Agustino Lukas Fischer Conterius PY - 2022 DA - 2022/03/04 TI - The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourist Attractions (A Study in Kupang Regency) BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Social Science 2021 (iCAST-SS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 428 EP - 435 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220301.070 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220301.070 ID - Conterius2022 ER -