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View all search resultsTourism recovery depends on tackling COVID-19 pandemic
Fifty-four percent of respondents to a survey among foreign travelers said they were unsure about flying to Indonesia and would want to check on the implementation of health protocols in the country.
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he Indonesian government is currently pursuing various efforts to revive tourism, including allocating Rp 14.4 trillion (US$972.6 million) for businesses and issuing cleanliness, health, safety and environmental sustainability (CHSE) certification for service providers in the industry.
However, the efforts would most likely be in vain if Indonesia failed to contain the spread of COVID-19.
An independent survey conducted by Kleopas Danang Bintoroyakit, Indonesian representation for the 2017 International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) next Generation Aviation Professional Global Summit, discovered that 54 percent foreign travelers were unsure about the idea of flying to Indonesia and they would like to check on the implementation of health protocols in the country.
The survey, which was conducted between Oct. 22 and Nov. 14 and involved 102 respondents from 28 countries, also found that 26 percent of the respondents said that they wanted to visit Indonesia, while 20 percent said that they would wait for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Based on the survey, Danang concluded that foreign travelers would consider several aspects prior to traveling in the new normal period, including the implementation of health protocols in destinations as well as the accommodation’s safety and comfort.
Hariyadi B. Sukamdani, chairman of Visit Wonderful Indonesia (VIWI) Board, an umbrella organization for 18 tourism associations, expressed a similar concern, saying travelers would check the development of COVID-19 cases prior to visiting a country.
“If the number of cases continued to increase, especially in destinations they want to visit, the tourists will almost certainly not come to visit,” he told kompas.id on Sunday.
