Issues, Challenges and Strengths of Sustainable Tourism Supply Chain After Covid-19 in Togean National Park-Sulawesi, Indonesia: A Preliminary Findings

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10.2991/aebmr.k.210220.048How to use a DOI?

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Sustainable, Tourism, Supply Chain, COVID-19

Abstract

This study aims to determine the extent of the issues, challenges, and strengths of the tourism sector, which is a mainstay industry for almost every country in creating foreign exchange. However, since the implementation of social restrictions to deal with COVID-19, the tourism sector has been severely affected. The tourism industry is generally closed and tourist traffic is also closed. The process of closing access to tourist destinations has affected business activities in the upstream and downstream parts of the tourism supply chain management. This paper is prepared by taking a case study of tourism business in the Togean islands, Tojo Una-Una Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Biodiversity, especially coral reef, flora and fauna around the island is also not inferior to the biodiversity in other tourist destinations in Indonesia. The analytical approach applied in this research uses qualitative analysis with a descriptive approach where the researcher is the key instrument. This descriptive method is carried out by describing the conditions that occur at the research location which is then carried out by drawing general conclusions from the data obtained. The problems faced by the tourism sector in this case are plastic waste, the use of fish anesthetics and fish bombs, licensing, labor standardization, access to telecommunications, electricity, and roads. The challenges faced are: labor standardization, marketing, coordination between sectors, environmental preservation. The strengths possessed by the tourism sector in the Togean Islands include: vocational education, community response, socio-culture, supporting infrastructure. The results of this paper can be used as input for policy makers in formulating sustainable tourism development strategies and become a reference for further research.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Harifuddin Thahir
AU  - Suryadi Hadi
AU  - Femilia Zahra
AU  - Irdinal Arif
AU  - Mohammad Ali Murad
AU  - Mashur H. Lolo
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/02/22
TI  - Issues, Challenges and Strengths of Sustainable Tourism Supply Chain After Covid-19 in Togean National Park-Sulawesi, Indonesia: A Preliminary Findings
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Strategic Issues of Economics, Business and, Education (ICoSIEBE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 274
EP  - 278
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210220.048
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210220.048
ID  - Thahir2021
ER  -