Threats to Tourism in 2019 starting from Natural Disasters to Terrorism
Indonesia Kanal . One of the themes that will be discussed in the first Presidential Election Debate on Thursday (1/17) is the issue of terrorism. Like other industries in Indonesia, tourism is one of the most vulnerable to terrorism. The Chairperson of the Association of Indonesian Travel Companies (ASITA), Asnawi Bahar, said that all tourism industry players, from tourists to hotel workers, are very dependent on handling terrorism cases carried out by the government. The safety of tours has proven to be the main capital of tourism development, if we see Indonesia's failure to reach the target of 17 million foreign tourists throughout 2018. The Tourism Ministry said that the reason was because of the Lombok Earthquake. But in the same year the Surabaya bomb also made the United States, Britain and Australia issue a travel warning. "So, terrorism must not happen. I hope, the ultimate goal is not to increase terrorism again in Indonesia and state tools that intersect with that