Climate change impacts on the coastal tourist resorts of Bali

Abstract

This article will highlight several impacts on changes in Bali’s shoreline, especially on coastal tourist resorts. Climate change as a global issue is a fundamental factor in which the shoreline of Bali has significantly changed, although it was not only a single impact on the shoreline’s changes. Due to rising seawater in combination with other factors taking place in most parts of coastal areas have led to significant erosion on the coastal tourist resorts of Bali. Narrower spaces of the tourist beaches have gradually degraded the quality of the beach environment. Moreover, the rapid development of tourist facilities along the beach as a local issue has also led to rising microclimate on the coast, hence these global and local issues are the driving factors to change the local climate on the coastal regions. Kuta Beach Resort was selected as a case study to represent the recent condition of Bali coastal tourist resorts due to the most crowded tourist area. Through an empirical study in collecting data that was supported by theoretical approaches, data were, then, analysed into the descriptive analysis. Therefore, the article of this research is expected to become useful for academic purposes, urban planners and policymakers. Therefore, the purpose of the research is to clarify the significant negative impacts of climate change on the coastal tourist resorts of Bali and to evaluate the possible actions carried out by parties to mitigate the negative impacts.