The Dramatic Fall of Tourism Villages Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflection on an Indonesia’s Primary Tourism Destination

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10.2991/978-2-494069-73-2_37How to use a DOI?

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Tourism; Village; Destination; Covid-19; Impact; Changes

Abstract

This paper aims to capture the dramatic changes in the tourism village pillars in primary tourist destinations and the stakeholders’ responses to the crisis resulted by the Covid-19. Mandalika Area, Lombok Island, one of the five primary destinations was purposively selected as the research area. Five tourism villages were determined as the unit of analysis. Data were collected from questionnaires distributed to tourism village managers and actors in community level. FGD was held with primary and secondary tourism business actors to understand their response to the impacts of the pandemic. Government publications and stakeholder’s opinions, analysis, and testimonials from various online media were also used. It was found that the Covid-19 destroyed the pillars of the tourism village massively. In addition to cleanliness and health, six of the seven pillars collapsed and left the highest level of stagnation in all tourist villages. Some of recovery actions taken by stakeholders did not succeed in overcoming the crisis caused by the shock disaster. The restoration of the tourism village pillars would not only be costly and time-consuming, but also depended on the duration of the disaster and the available innovation capacity. The implication in strengthening product innovation was needed to adapt to the crisis and the new normal.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Janianton Damanik
AU  - Sri Utami
AU  - Melati Mayani
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/26
TI  - The Dramatic Fall of Tourism Villages Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflection on an Indonesia’s Primary Tourism Destination
BT  - Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on Tourism (INTACT) "Post Pandemic Tourism: Trends and Future Directions" (INTACT 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 507
EP  - 520
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-73-2_37
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-73-2_37
ID  - Damanik2022
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