HANDLING AND DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM IN BALI AS AN IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
This study aims to analyze and describe the development of tourism in Bali as an effort to increase economic growth during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses a qualitative descriptive analysis. Qualitative design is used to describe and describe the condition of the economy in Bali, especially the tourism sector, while the approach taken is a library research approach. The analysis technique carried out is source triangulation, namely 1) data reduction, 2) data presentation, 3) drawing conclusions or verification. The results showed that the Covid-19 pandemic had a negative impact on the economic downturn in Bali, especially the tourism sector. Based on data from the Association of Indonesian Tourism Industries (GIPI) in Bali, the potential loss of the tourism sector in Bali from leisure and mice reaches USD 9 billion, or around IDR 140 trillion (exchange rate IDR 15,639). Overall, tourism in Bali has plummeted by 93.24 percent. However, the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bali Province is relatively responsive and coordinated, with several components including the following: 1) Sufficiently responsive and coordinated leadership, 2) Designation of referral hospitals, 3) Tightening of screening at entry points, 4) Formation of special teams handling of COVID-19, 5) Consolidating the handling of COVID-19 down to the regional level. Tourism development efforts in Bali are carried out in the following ways: 1) Bali Ngurah Rai Airport is continuously being developed to support increased access to tourist visits to Bali. 2) Benoa and Celukan Bawang ports continue to be developed to support cruise ship tourist visits. 3) To increase visits, a number of new attractions and destinations were built by the Provincial Government of Bali, 4) MICE tourism continues to be encouraged, among others by the formation of the Bali Convention and Exhibition Bureau (BaliCEB), 5) The Bali Regional Government is drafting a number of regulations for the development of the Bali tourism industry . The provincial government of Bali is currently drafting a number of regulations, namely the Regional Regulation for Tourism Service Standards, the Governor Regulation for the Implementation of Tourism Governance, and the Regional Regulation for Tourism Contribution. If this regulation has been passed, the Bali Provincial Government will prepare a number of programs in the context of implementing the regulation.
Development, Tourism, Covid-19 Pandemic, Bali,