Abstract
The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) has been confirmed as pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Every country in the world is affected by this disease, including Indonesia. Covid-19 impacts not only public health but also other sectors such as tourism. This study aims to discover the solution to recover mangrove tourism after the pandemic. This study formulates the mangrove tourism recovery strategy after Covid-19 that conducted from April to August 2021 in Bintan Islands, Indonesia. The recovery strategy using Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat (SWOT) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) analysis. The result shows that the strength of mangrove tourism in Bintan Island is the magnificence of the mangrove itself, the community-based tourism, various and unique tourism activities, etc. The weakness is incomplete facilities, lack of promotion, etc. The recovery strategy priority is mangrove tourism management that performed by BUMDes, Establishment of Pengudang Village Tourism and Cultural Heritage, Training and Mentoring of Mangrove Tourism Managers.
Highlights
The Coronavirus 2 Respiratory Syndrome or commonly known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid19) has been declared as pandemic by the World Health Organization [1]
The massive decline in tourist arrival resulted to the loss of 440 million potential international arrivals and approximately US$ 460 billion potential revenues in tourism activity, equivalent to five times loss in international tourism revenues in 2009 financial and global economic crisis [3]
After formulating the recovery strategy using SWOT analyses the priority is formulated using Analytical Hierarchy Process. It aims at facilitate the policies determination that must be prioritized in the mangrove tourism recovery strategy after pandemic-2019
Summary
The Coronavirus 2 Respiratory Syndrome or commonly known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid19) has been declared as pandemic by the World Health Organization [1]. Every country in the world is affected by this disease, including Indonesia. Covid-19 impact the public health around the world and on other sectors; one of them is the tourism sector [2]. The Covid-19 pandemic has significant impact to world tourism. According to UNWTO during the first quarter of 2020 the international tourist arrival is decreased to 65%. This number is unprecedented as every country restrict its borders and enforce travel warning in effort to minimize the virus transmission. The massive decline in tourist arrival resulted to the loss of 440 million potential international arrivals and approximately US$ 460 billion potential revenues in tourism activity, equivalent to five times loss in international tourism revenues in 2009 financial and global economic crisis [3]
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