Efficient: Indonesian Journal of Development Economics
Vol 6 No 1 (2023)

The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Tourist Visits in Central Java




Article Info

Publish Date
20 Jan 2023

Abstract

In March 2020, the Covid-19 virus spread in Central Java and hit tourism in Central Java, where Central Java is the province with the most tourist attractions on the island of Java. This study aims to determine the impact of tourist visits, both foreign tourists and domestic tourists in Central Java during the Covid-19 pandemic and to see the policies issued by the Government that aims to protect Central Java tourism. The research method used in this study is descriptive quantitative where the independent variable is Covid-19 and the dependent variable is the number of visits by foreign tourists and domestic tourists. The results of this study indicate that the Covid-19 pandemic has a negative effect on foreign tourist visits and domestic tourist visits to Central Java. The number of foreign tourist visits during the pandemic, namely in 2020, the average number of foreign tourist arrivals decreased by 88.68 percent, while the number of domestic tourist visits in 2020 decreased by 60.91 percent.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

efficient

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Efficient Journal is a scientific journal published by Department of Economics Development, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Semarang Indonesia. this journal published three times per year on January, June, and October and start publishing since 2018. Efficient Journal is a journal base on ...